3 ms·You can't reclaim aluminum without first smelting it from raw.by pests 3y agoYou can't reclaim aluminum without first smelting it from raw.deleted 3y ago[deleted]kibwen 3y agoBut you can then recycle it an unlimited number of times. A large majority of all aluminum in use is recycled.pests 3y agoTrue but chances are our use of aluminum is not static and is always increasing. That new aluminum needs to be smelted at some point.