Interesting Facts About Aluminum

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POWER

of ALUMINUM



3 HOURS

The energy you save by recycling a single Aluminum can will run a TV for 3 hours.



In 1996, aluminum recycling saved enough energy to power the city of Pittsburgh for over 6 years.



Every three months, Americans discard enough aluminum to completely rebuild every single commercial airplane in the United States.



20 30

Twenty years ago, a pound of aluminum made about 20 cans. Today, the same amount of aluminum makes approximately 30 cans.



350,000

The number of aluminum cans made in about one minute.



Talk about strong: Did you know that four 6-packs can support the weight of a 4,000 pound aluminum car?



The aluminum in one single soda can is worth about a cent.



Americans threw away millions of cans last year. Choosing to recycle instead of toss your aluminum cans is not only environmentally friendly, but great on your wallet as well!



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