Environment
One of the best things that you, as an individual, can do for the environment is to get into the habit of recycling aluminium, eg cans and foil. This is because the recycling process uses so much less energy than smelting raw material, bauxite the first time.
Aluminium recycling is the process by which scrap aluminium can be reused in products after its initial production. The process involves simply re-melting the metal, which is far less expensive and energy intensive than creating new aluminium through the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, which must first be mined from bauxite ore and then refined using the Bayer process. Recycling scrap aluminum requires only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminium.
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aluminium facts
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aluminium
is the third most abundant element in the earth's crust and is
the earth's second most used metal
Global warming is no longer viewed as a theory by
scientists and has sadly become a fact. The change needed must be in
your actions today in order to ensure a bright (not too hot)
tomorrow.