Aluminium is the third most abundant element in the earth’s crust and is the earth’s second most used metal
90% of all drinks cans sold in the UK every year are made of aluminium
Recycling aluminium drink cans saves up to 95% of the energy needed to make aluminium from its raw materials
Making one aluminium drink can from raw materials uses the same amount of energy that it takes to recycle 20
Recycling 1 kg of aluminium saves 8kg of bauxite, 4kg of chemical products and 14 Kilowatts of electricity
The energy saved by recycling 1 aluminium drink can is enough to run a television for three hours
75% of the aluminium ever made is still in productive use today
The UK produces over 9 billion drinks cans every year. 80% are made of aluminium
Every minute of every day, an average of 113,200 aluminium cans are recycled (source: thinkcans.net)
The average household uses 3.2kg of aluminium cans a year – That’s about 208 cans
Used aluminium drink cans can be recycled and back on supermarket shelves as new drink cans in as little as 60 days
An aluminium drink can contains four different aluminium alloys: the can body, can end, ring pull and the rivet attaching the ring pull
Source: Recycle More | Recycling Facts