Aluminum

Saves 14,000 kWh of energy
Saves 39.6 barrels (1,663 gallons) of oil
Saves 237.6 million Btu's of energy
Saves 10 cubic yards of landfill space

Prepare aluminum cans for recycling by either crushing the cans to save space or leaving them uncrushed.
Cans that are rinsed out will have little or no odor and are less likely to attract bugs.

Recycling aluminum takes 95% less energy than making aluminum from raw materials.
Two out of three aluminum cans were recycled in the United States in 1995.
The industry is also helping to conserve aluminum resources through a process called light weighting. Fewer materials are used in the aluminum can so fewer resources are extracted. In 1992, the aluminum can weighed 24% less than a can designed in 1972. Where it once took 22 cans to make a pound, it now takes 30 cans to make a pound.