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- 0.2% of household garbage in Victoria in 1997 was made up of aluminium cans that could have been recycled. (Source: BIEC, 1998)
- The recycling rate in Australia in 1998 for aluminium cans was 64% (Source: Aluminium Can Group, 2000)
- Recycling aluminium saves a significant amount of energy. Making aluminium cans from recycled aluminium cans uses only 5% of the
energy to make the cans from the ore, bauxite. (Source: Comalco, 1992)
- Making a tonne of aluminium cans from recycled cans saves 5 tonnes of bauxite. (Source: Comalco, 1992)
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