In the US, there are a large number of used aluminum cans. However, Americans concern of environmental friendly as a huge number of waste cans are recycled more than 100,000 cans. To recycle and reuse aluminum is kind of common recycling process because there is the support from both industry and government. Generally, aluminum cans can be recycled and also reused as new cans, car’s parts and useful tool for using in your garden.
As mentioned above, cans can be recycled as new cans because aluminum is a sustainable metal. It is the first common use of making new cans. If you take cans to recycle and turn them into new cans, money and natural resources can be saved without doubt. What you can do is to take them to recycling center or just leave them waiting to be picked up. After that, those cans will be sent to a used beverage container center for processing. In the process, cans will be melted down and reformed it into new cans.
For the process of aluminum can recycling, only 95 percent less energy used than making pure materials. For recycling aluminum cans as car’s parts, it is the second common use as aluminum is used to make cars. In automobile manufacturing, aluminum has been used for more than six billion pounds.
Moreover, aluminum cans are very useful to apply it as material for using in your garden. It can help plants to grow by using those used cans as plant containers. You can make your own plant containers by cutting cans in a half with scissor and open side faces up by flipping those half cans over.
