Recycling aluminum uses only 5% of the energy needed to make virgin metal in smelters.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has led the push for a nationwide bottle bill to both increase aluminum supplies and reduce reliance on plastic packaging.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-aluminum/how-to-recover-more-scrap-metal-us
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