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Alcoa recycles approximately 14 billion—that's billion, with a "B"—aluminum cans each year and would like to recycle more... but we need your help. Why is this so important? Because it takes 95% less energy to make a can out of recycled aluminum... and produces 95% less greenhouse gas. So if you're wondering what to do about climate change, you can start by cleaning your room. And recycling all the cans you dig up.
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Used aluminum cans are recycled and returned to a store shelf as a new can in as few as 60 days. That means a consumer could purchase basically the same recycled aluminum can from a retailer's shelf nearly every 9 weeks or 6 times a year.

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