| Aluminum is everywhere – at home, in school, | | | | aluminum. Reduction in the production of |
| in the park – it is practically all around us. It is | | | | brand new aluminum also increases the risk of |
| one of the most usual kinds of metal that we | | | | creating a mine that open-cut. Doing so simply |
| encounter every day. From the canned soda we | | | | destructs a big section of the planet’s natural |
| drink, to the phone we use and even to the | | | | land. An impressive percentage of 80% saving |
| jewelries we wear. From those examples alone, | | | | on energy use can be achieved by the sole |
| one can easily conclude that there hundreds of | | | | recycling of these materials. The less use of |
| uses of aluminum scrap metal. | | | | virgin materials may mean enormous savings on |
| These scrap metal when recycled can lead to | | | | energy and lower risk of environmental |
| significant level of savings o the new production | | | | destruction. |
| of aluminum. In the long run, it could lead to | | | | Reusing aluminum scrap material is always |
| larger savings as it will significantly contribute to | | | | efficient as the structural qualities are not |
| less expenditure on other activities such as | | | | deteriorated and decomposition normally takes at |
| mining, aluminum shipping and landfills. | | | | least 400 years to achieve. Needless to say, to |
| The benefits of recycling scrap aluminum are | | | | recycle these materials is not only convenient and |
| countless and immeasurable. Mother Nature will | | | | easy but can be financially rewarding as well. A |
| surely be happy to know that only a small | | | | mere collection of used cans may lead to an |
| percentage of Carbon Dioxide, 5% to be exact, is | | | | interesting, environmental-friendly and money |
| being produced in the process of recycling these | | | | generating hobby. Be aware of the benefits and |
| scraps. This is way lower than the amount of | | | | you shall find yourself benefitting from them, too. |
| COP2 produced when processing raw | | | | |