Recycling one pound of aluminum (33 cans) saves about 7 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity.
Recycling aluminum saves 90-95 percent of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore.
[210 W-h]
Recycling one aluminum beverage can save enough energy to run a 14 watt CFL bulb (60 watt incandescent equivalent) for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, or a TV for 2 hours.
[280 W-h]
One ton of recycled aluminum saves14,000 kilowatt hours (Kwh) of energy, 40 barrels of oil, 130. 152.32 million BTU's of energy, and 10 cubic yards of landfill space.
[14 *10E6 W-h * 15g / 10E6g = 210 W-h]
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