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Can any of it be recycled/reused, or is it destined to be incinerated or chemically stripped? I agree, to a point. My initial comment was related to the "100%
by tech2 4y ago
Can any of it be recycled/reused, or is it destined to be incinerated or chemically stripped?
I agree, to a point. My initial comment was related to the "100% recyclable" bit. The aluminium certainly is, the can itself isn't just aluminium though. This wasn't to say that cans aren't better, merely to draw attention to the fact that it's never as simple as we might like (and bisphenol-A, one of the common ingredients in the epoxy lining, is pretty awful stuff).
- jdmoreira 4y agoit will be burnt and smoked during the melting stage
- hunter-gatherer 4y agoAren't the periphery products just seperated away during the molting process of aluminum recycling? I'm not a chemist, but I have a friend who works in a metal recycling plant and he described the process to me once. It seems like aluminum can recycling is a pretty well built out process. Getting rid of the impurities from an aluminum can (paint and plastic liner) don't seem like an issue, especially compared to refining ne aluminum.