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- Aluminium is the third most abundant element found in the earth's crust, after oxygen and silicon.
- The aluminium can is the most recycled drinks package in the world.
- In 1989, only 2% of aluminium cans consumed in the UK were recycled.
- Aluminium packaging accounts for 2% by weight, but 50% by value, of materials collected for recycling. It has the highest value of any
recyclable packaging material.
- Aluminium cans cool quicker than any other drinks package, saving energy and refrigeration costs.
- Aluminium uses a lot of raw material – 5 tonnes of bauxite (aluminium ore) is needed to make one tonne of cans – and so
much electricity is needed that smelting plants (the factories that make new aluminium) need their own power plants.
- Recycling aluminium uses only 5% of the power needed to make aluminium from raw materials. In other words, 20 cans from recycled
aluminium use the same power as just 1 can made from new aluminium!
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