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Eva Judge
Most of the drink cans in Australia are made out of recycled aluminium. Many times, that aluminium has been recycled more than once. For this reason, aluminium is a very useful material and helps reduce the amount of waste that goes into our landfills. It's little wonder that aluminium has been favoured by packaging suppliers for so long. Aluminium Recycling in Australia - Aluminium is one of the most recycled materials in Australia. That is one of the main reasons why so many packaging suppliers are fond of using it. In 2002 alone, more than 31,000 tonnes of aluminium cans were recycled in Australia. That is the same as approximately 2 billion drink cans. Plastic food packaging may be popular, but aluminium is definitely high up on the list as well - especially thanks to aluminium drink cans. Aluminium: The Gift That Keeps On Giving - One of the most extraordinary things about recycling aluminium is that it can be done over and over again. In other words, you can recycle the same piece of aluminium an infinite number of times. For that reason, although more than 680 million tonnes of aluminium has been produced on the planet since the 1880s, nearly 440 million tonnes of it is still being used today. Aluminium is great because it doesn't have to be wasted, and it helps keep the planet and the environment cleaner and more sustainable in the long run. Recycling Aluminium is Energy Efficient - Only 5% of the energy that is used to produce aluminium cans from scratch is needed to produce aluminium cans from recycled materials. That is a huge amount of saved energy, and it's another reason why aluminium is being turned to by more and more people. For every one can that is produced from raw materials, twenty can be produced from recycled materials. The simple act of recycling one aluminium can saves the energy that is needed to run a television set for three straight hours; that should put things in perspective a bit. Aluminium: A Natural Choice - Packaging suppliers have been improving on the design of things like aluminium cans for some time now. Within the last thirty years, for example, the weight of an aluminium can has been reduced by more than thirty percent. This lightweight construction allows us to use a lot less aluminium, which helps us save and conserve a lot more of it as well. Moving forward, there is no doubt that aluminium will continue to thrive in the world of food packaging. The next time you're tempted to throw away that aluminium can, think twice.
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