Did you
know....................
Energy Saved By Manufacturing With
Recycled Scrap vs. Virgin Feedstock
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| Aluminum |
95% |
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Paper |
64%% |
| Copper |
85% |
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Glass |
30% |
| Lead |
65% |
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Plastic |
80+% |
| Zinc |
60% |
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Iron & Steel |
74% |
| Source: ISRI (1995) |
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Environmental Benefits Of
Iron & Steel Recycling
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| Savings in virgin materials |
90% |
| Reduction in mining wastes |
97% |
| Reduction in air pollution |
86% |
| Reduction in water use |
40% |
| Reduction in water pollution |
76% |
| Savings in energy |
74% |
| Source: ISRI (1995) |
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Aluminum Can Recycling
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- The aluminum can recycling rate for 1996 was 63.5%.
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- In 1996 the industry paid out $1.08 billion to recyclers
for aluminum cans.
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- 62.8 billion cans were recycled in 1996.
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- It takes approximately 31 aluminum cans to make one pound.
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- It takes about 60 days for an aluminum can to be recycled,
made into a new can, filled with a beverage, and back on your grocer's shelf.
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- It takes four pounds of bauxite to make one pound of
aluminum, and all of it must be imported from other countries.
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| The aluminum recycling industry has
challenged the industry to increase the aluminum container recycling rate to 75% by the
year 2000. |
| Aluminum comprises 10% of the average car's
weight, but it represents 35 percent to 50 percent of the recycled material value. |
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| ALUMINUM SCRAP CONSUMPTION |
(in millions of
pounds) |
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Jan. '96 |
Dec. '96 |
Jan. '97 |
| Scrap Consumption |
626.2 |
648.5 |
734.1 |
| Metallic Recovery |
543.8 |
566.5 |
639.3 |
| New Scrap |
281.6 |
291.4 |
352.7 |
| Old Scrap |
262.2 |
275.0 |
286.6 |
| Source: USGS; The Aluminum
Association |
| 1996 U.S. RECYCLING RATES |
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| Steel Cans |
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58.2 percent |
| Appliances |
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76.4 percent |
| Automobiles |
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97.9 percent |
| Source: The Steel Can Recycling Institute |
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Aluminum Trivia
American's throw away about 35 billion cans every year.
A recycled six-pack of aluminum cans saves the same
amount of energy needed to drive a car 5 miles.
Source: Golden Metal Traders |
"We understand that we belong to
the Earth for only a brief interval, but we nonetheless accept responsibility for its
care. When it is time for our children to inherit the planet, we want them to belong to an
even better Earth than we ourselves inherited...."
ISRI Phoenix 1995 |
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