The benefits of aluminum recycling: why recycle aluminum?
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Aluminium is infinitely recyclable making it the material of choice for balancing the demand of a growing economy with the need to preserve the environment.
Since the first industrial production of aluminum in the 1880s, 75% of all material produced is still in use today.
The benefits
Aluminium recycling provides significant energy savings in multiple sectors:
Recycling aluminum requires 95% less energy, and produces 95% fewer greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), than manufacturing primary aluminum. That is a GHG saving equivalent to taking 900,000 cars off the road for 12 months.
Today, the global aluminium recycling industry prevents close to 170 million tonnes of GHG from entering the environment every year.
Recycling 1 tonne of aluminium avoids the emission of about 9 tonnes of CO2 emissions – just 1 tonne of CO2 is equivalent to driving nearly 3,000 miles.
Recycling aluminium reduces the use of natural resources and chemicals (caustic soda, aluminum fluoride and lime) and eliminates the need for bauxite ore to be mined.
Aluminium is infinitely recyclable making it the material of choice for balancing the demand of a growing economy with the need to preserve the environment.
Since the first industrial production of aluminum in the 1880s, 75% of all material produced is still in use today.
The benefits
Aluminium recycling provides significant energy savings in multiple sectors:
Recycling aluminum requires 95% less energy, and produces 95% fewer greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), than manufacturing primary aluminum. That is a GHG saving equivalent to taking 900,000 cars off the road for 12 months.
Today, the global aluminium recycling industry prevents close to 170 million tonnes of GHG from entering the environment every year.
Recycling 1 tonne of aluminium avoids the emission of about 9 tonnes of CO2 emissions – just 1 tonne of CO2 is equivalent to driving nearly 3,000 miles.
Recycling aluminium reduces the use of natural resources and chemicals (caustic soda, aluminum fluoride and lime) and eliminates the need for bauxite ore to be mined.
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- Aluminum is an excellent conductor of both heat and electricity
- the great advantage of aluminum is that by weight , the conductivity of aluminum is around twice that of copper
- this means that aluminum is now the most commonly used material in large power transmission
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