This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!
1. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours.
2. Every three months, Americans discard enough aluminum to completely rebuild every single commercial airplane in the United States.
3. Nearly 70 aluminum cans are sold every second in Minnesota alone.
4. Less than 40 percent of aluminum cans are recycled.
5. Minnesotans toss 3.6 million aluminum cans away each day, when they could be recycled.
6. Aluminum cans are 100 percent recyclable.
7. Re-smelting an aluminum can is far less expensive and uses less energy than creating a new aluminum can from new materials.
8. Aluminum can be recycled over and over again.
The next time you crack open a cold one, tell yourself and your friends to recycle the can!
Share This Article
