RECYCLE
Pittsburgh America's "Steel City," snagged a second designation when, for the first time, the American Lung Association designated it the most air-polluted U.S. city.
~A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days. That's closed loop recycling at its finest!
~Used aluminum beverage cans are the most recycled item in the U.S., but other types of aluminum, such as siding, gutters, car components, storm window frames, and lawn furniture can also be recycled.
~Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.
~More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product.
~Because so many of them are recycled, aluminum cans account for less than 1% of the total U.S. waste stream, according to EPA estimates.
~An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!
~There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can be recycled.
~We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year.
Everyone knows it's better to recycle an item than to throw it away. It's good for the environment, rewarding, and, in some areas, can earn you spare change. Recycling helps cut domestic waste that would otherwise be buried in landfills and provides a steady supply of pre-used materials that can be transformed into new, practical objects we use every day. Recycling is beneficial to the environment and to us.
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