Aluminum
Aluminum Recycling:
Did You Know:
Aluminum Recycling:
- Extruded 6063
- Extruded 6061
- Mixed Low Clips
- Old Sheet
- Aluminum Radiators
- Cast Aluminum
- Turnings
- Litho Sheets
- Aluminum Cans (UBC)
- Aluminum Rims
- Chrome Rims
- Hurricane Shutters
- Insulated Wire
- Irony
- Aircraft parts
Did You Know:
- The aluminum used in today’s products is produced from the ore bauxite, which must be strip-mined? This process involves cutting open pits in landscapes, such as mountains and forests.
- Strip mining for bauxite is a leading contributor to deforestation and pollution of freshwater reserves in countries like Jamaica, Haiti, Iceland, and Brazil.
- Recycling scrap aluminum requires only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminum.
- More than 30 percent of all aluminum in the United States comes from recycled scrap aluminum. Aluminum can recycling is the largest single source of scrap aluminum.