{"id":593,"date":"2016-11-02T12:10:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2020-10-13T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:15:37","slug":"fast-facts-aluminum-cans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Fast Facts: Aluminum Cans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Interesting Facts about Aluminum Can Recycling<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The average person uses more than 25,000 aluminum cans in a lifetime.<\/li><li>Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours.<\/li><li>It requires 95% less energy and water to recycle an aluminum can than it does to create an aluminum can from virgin materials.<\/li><li>It is estimated that over the past twenty years, we&#8217;ve trashed more than 11 million tons of aluminum beverage cans worth over $12 billion on today&#8217;s market.<\/li><li>Aluminum takes 200-500 years to fully degrade in a landfill.<\/li><li>Recycled aluminum can be returned to store shelves in as little as 60 days.<\/li><li>About 120,000 aluminum cans are recycled every minute nationwide.<\/li><li>More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product.<\/li><li>We use over 80 trillion aluminum soda cans every year.<\/li><li>At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional recycling information is available on our municipal website or on the Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission website (northmontcorecycle.com).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recycling is Required<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Franconia Township requires that residents, commercial establishments and non-residential establishments recycle all recyclable materials.&nbsp; Commonly recycled materials include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paper \u2013 newspaper, office\/copy paper, glossy paper, color paper, cardboard, junk mail, phone books, cereal\/cracker boxes<\/li><li>Plastic \u2013 bottles and jugs No. 1-7<\/li><li>Glass \u2013 clear, green and brown containers<\/li><li>Metal \u2013 aluminum, steel, tin, and bimetal cans and containers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You should check with your hauler for a complete list of acceptable recyclable materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting Facts about Aluminum Can Recycling: The average person uses more than 25,000 aluminum cans in a lifetime. Recycling a&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=593\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fast Facts: Aluminum Cans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,16,8],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recyclingnews","tag-aluminum","tag-cans","tag-recycling-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}