Aluminum is infinitely recyclable, but Americans throw out millions of tons of it every year — mainly aluminum cans and other post-consumer scrap. At the same time, US can-recycling rates are falling drastically behind several countries. We went to New York City to meet a career can recycler and to Michigan to visit companies revolutionizing post-consumer aluminum recycling.
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00:00 – Introduction
00:40 – The History Of Aluminum Recycling
01:21 – The Big Blue Bin
02:20 – China’s National Sword
03:02 – Post-Consumer Recycling
03:54 – Sorting Aluminum Shreds
04:38 – Hydro’s New Facility
05:00 – How Delacquering Works
06:12 – Melting And Casting Aluminum
08:11 – Aluminum’s Environmental Impact
08:41 – Meet Josefa
09:21 – How Bottle Bills Work
11:37 – Low Can Recycling Rates In The US
12:58 – How Can The US Catch Up?
13:45 – Credits
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All this told me chrroption was to blame. And allnof you that didnt notice it. My point exactly
The name of the company is NOT pronounced has “Hee-dro” It’s pronounced as “High-dro”. Since when does a Y make a long E sound?
I think if America really wanted to be better at recycling I think what I would like to see happen is that we have a federal law that requires all companies to pay a 0.5% tax on every product that is sold that contains recyclable materials. I know a lot of people would say OK that’s gonna drive up the cost. Yes, there would be a small increasing cost, but it would actually ultimately over the life of products decrease the cost because that means more materials would be available through the recycling process, which would mean that companies do not have to pay higher prices for product material availability. This would put enough money into the markets or cities could sustain the sorting and resource refinement that’s needed to actually make recycling much more functional. I also think it should be state operated so that there is no profit margin for it. it’s only to recycle that way. The system does not depend on profitability to continue to operate.
You know that’s not how you say aluminium
To catch up with Germany and other countries with high recycling rates Americans need to stop being lazy and start sorting their own trash before it goes out to the curb. The USA needs to enact a multi bin system.