Aluminum Scrap Metal Prices Philadelphia Rims Radiators Cans
Aluminum Scrap Metal Prices Northeast Philadelphia we recycle Aluminum Window Frames, Aluminum wire, Aluminum Chrome Wheels, Aluminum Radiators, Aluminum Car Radiators, Aluminum Rims, Aluminum Doors, Aluminum Cans, Aluminum Siding, Sheet Aluminum, Aluminum gutters, Aluminum turnings, Aluminum Extrusions, Aluminum UBC Scrap, Aluminum 6063 Extrusion Scrap, Cast Aluminum, Dirty Aluminum
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MDUNN RECYCLING CENTER
3611 Welsh Road
Philadelphia PA 19136
PRESS TO CALL 215-624-2420
Recycle Aluminum Cans in Northeast Philadelphia
Types of Aluminum We Scrap:
- Aluminum Window Frames
- Aluminum wire
- Aluminum Radiators
- Aluminum Car Radiators
- Aluminum Rims
- Aluminum Chrome Wheels
- Aluminum Doors
- Aluminum Cans
- Aluminum Siding
- Sheet Aluminum
- Aluminum gutters
- Aluminum turnings
- Aluminum Extrusions
- Aluminum UBC Scrap
- Aluminum 6063 Extrusion Scrap
- Cast Aluminum
- Dirty Aluminum
BEST VALUE FOR YOUR ALUMUNIMUM
Recycling aluminum saves more than 90 percent of the energy needed to make newaluminum. Recycling aluminum saves more than 90 percent of the energy that would be needed to create a comparable amount of the metal from raw materials.
Aluminum cans are unique in that in 60 days a can is recycled, turned into a new can & back on store shelves. - Aluminum is a sustainable metal and can be recycled over and over again. - Thealuminum can is the most valuable container to recycle and is the most recycled consumer product in the U.S. today.
Recycling Facts: Americans recycle about 120,000 aluminum cans every minute – almost 535 billion since 1972 – enough to reach to the moon and back 85 times! All of that aluminum only makes up about 1 percent of the total solid waste in the United States.
Interesting Facts About Aluminum Recycling
- Discovered in the 1820s, aluminum is the most abundant metal on earth.
- Over 50 percent of the aluminum cans produced are recycled.
- A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days.
- Aluminum is a durable and sustainable metal: two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is in use today.
- Every minute of every day, an average of 113,204 aluminum cans are recycled.
- Making new aluminum cans from used cans takes 95 percent less energy; 20 recycled cans can be made with the energy needed
to produce one can using virgin ore. - Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television
for three hours. - In 2005, 54 billion cans were recycled saving energy equivalent to 15 million barrels of crude oil – America’s entire gas consumption
for one day. - Tossing away an aluminum can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can’s volume of gasoline.
- In 1972, 24,000 metric tons of aluminum used beverage containers (UBCs) were recycled. In 1998, the amount increased to over 879,000 metric tons.
- In 1972, it took about 22 empty aluminum cans to weigh one pound. Due to advanced technology to use less material and increase durability of aluminum cans, in 2002 it took about 34 empty aluminum cans to weigh one pound.
- While at work, the average employee consumes 2.5 beverages a day