General Information
- The Aluminum Recycling Process
- A resource provided by the Aluminum Association
Reports
Statistics
Graphs CRI has produced a variety of graphs on aluminum can consumption, recycling, wasting and more. These graphs are available on our Aluminum Rates page. The Trillionth Can From 1972-2003, we threw away over one trillion aluminum cans--enough to reach around the earth 3048 times. Read more about it in this article. Aluminum Recycling in the News News articles, press releases, opinion, and other printed media on aluminum recycling, quoting CRI. Slide Presentations “Rolling Over in his Grave: What Charles Martin Hall might think about aluminum wasting in the United States today”
- Facts about the falling recycling rates in recent years
- The global impact of aluminum production
- An explanation of the deposit system as a possible solution
- A discussion of the opposition to deposit systems.
As presented by Jenny Gitlitz at Oberlin College on April 7, 2003
Powerpoint [4.6 MB]--|--HTML version
Trashed Cans: The Global Environmental Impacts of Aluminum Can Wasting in America
EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 10/29/02
(Powerpoint, 2 Mb)
Issues
The Aluminum Can's Dirty Little Secret
More than half of the 100 billion cans sold in the U.S. in 2005 were landfilled or incinerated. A similar amount wasn’t recycled in other countries, for a global total of about 1.5 million tons of wasted cans. Learn about the environmental impacts of this wasting on the Aluminum Can's Dirty Little Secret web page.
The Trillionth Can
From 1972-2003, we threw away over one trillion aluminum cans--enough to reach around the earth 3048 times. Visit CRI's web page with more details on this shocking amount of waste.
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