Key Facts/Talking Points:
- Making an aluminum beverage can from recycled aluminum reduces energy use and greenhouse gas emissions more than 80 percent compared to using primary aluminum.10
- In the modeling of three future recycling systems, aluminum beverage can recycling provided more greenhouse gas and water savings compared to plastic PET and glass bottles.4
- You can power a TV for three hours from the energy saved by recycling one aluminum beverage can. 9
- The energy saved from recycling all (100%) aluminum cans could power 4.1 million homes for a full year.5
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