What Will Aluminum Cans Recycling Bring for Us?
Zhengzhou, China, October 13, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Aluminum can is a common package for drinks. Every minute numerous aluminum cans are drunk up, scattered and then recycled. Then they are remelted and remade into new aluminum cans and other aluminum products-recycled aluminum don’t lose its original quality. We, ordinary people can participate in collecting and recycling aluminum cans, which is of great economic and environmental benefits.
Aluminum is mainly produced from bauxite, which contains 40%-60% alumina, or aluminium oxide( Al2O3). Recycling aluminum can consumes 95% less energy than making a can from virgin bauxite ore. By recycling just one can, you can save the energy to run a TV for three hours.
Bauxite mining can cause soil erosion and loss of animal and plant habitats. After the separation of aluminum with oxide, carbon reacts with the oxygen to form carbon dioxide. The amount of carbon dioxide emission is considerable. Recycling aluminum produces 95% less air pollution than primary production. The more you recycled, the less manufacturers need to produce. On the other side, aluminum recycling cans helps reduce the waste.
Aluminum can is one of the most valuable materials. People get paid by sending used aluminum cans to metal recyclers. Aluminum can can be recycled again and again without losing the quality. It is also one of the most easily recyclable items, as extracting bauxite ore is difficult, it turns out to be more cost-effective to recycle aluminum cans.
In one word, aluminum recycling will bring you much profit without many trouble. You can do it in your daily life.