How Are Aluminium Cans Recycled?

Great video showing how are aluminium cans recycled.  Aluminium cans were recycled long before many items because it was cost effective.

Aluminum cans are recycled through a process called aluminum can recycling. This process involves several steps:

1. Collection: Aluminum cans are collected from various sources, such as recycling bins, curbside pickup programs, and community recycling centers.
2. Transport: The collected aluminum cans are transported to a recycling facility, either by truck or train.
3. Sorting: At the recycling facility, the aluminum cans are sorted from other materials, such as paper, plastic, and glass, using a combination of manual labor and automated sorting equipment.
4. Crushing: The aluminum cans are then crushed into small pieces, which makes them easier to transport and process.
5. Melting: The crushed aluminum cans are melted in a furnace to create a molten aluminum alloy.
6. Casting: The molten aluminum alloy is poured into molds to create new aluminum products, such as sheets or rods.
7. Refining: The aluminum products may be further refined or processed to create specific products, such as new aluminum cans.

Overall, aluminum can recycling is an efficient and effective way to conserve resources and reduce the environmental impact of aluminum production.

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Recycling Quotes

• “Resurface. Reupholster. Repaint. Refinish. Make something old new again!”  ~Natalie DiScala
• “We can help educate our families and communities about the importance of recycling for our environment, and how each of us can make a difference for a better world by recycling.” ~Robert Alan Silverstein
• “Recycling is more than just a response to the environmental crisis and has assumed a symbolic role in beginning to change the nature of western societies and the culture of consumerism. Indeed many environmentalists assume that there will be an inevitable shift from our “throwaway” society to a post-industrial “recycling” society of the future.” ~Matthew Gandy
• “If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they’ll be all over it.” ~Bill Nye