Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Wanglaoji, Red Bull Aluminum cans that are thrown away after drinking can be seen everywhere in trash cans, and they are very common in life, but do you know how valuable and profitable the cans are after they are recycled?
Since its invention in 1959, cans have been widely used due to their beauty, lightness, portability, and ease of use. Now they have become a popular packaging material in the beverage packaging industry in the world today. Most of the cans are made of aluminum alloy, which is a very important metal resource.
From the perspective of environmental protection, pop cans are a frequent visitor in the recycling category. According to the recycling situation of waste pop cans, it is estimated that the recycling rate of waste aluminum cans in my country is about 85%, which is a country with a high recycling rate of waste pop cans in the world. At least 160,000 tons of waste tanks were recovered, and a small amount was imported, with a total of about 200,000 tons.
The recycling of cans can not only save bauxite, but also save 92% of the energy consumed in aluminum smelting, which has made a huge contribution to the protection and beautification of the earth's environment. 1/4 of the recovered amount is used for making cans, and the rest is used as raw materials for castings and die-castings, used for the production of auto parts, motor parts, etc., and part of it is used as a deoxidizer for steelmaking. Recycled aluminum ingots are made from cans, and cans are made from recycled aluminum ingots, which can be reused many times. No matter how many times the cans are recycled, they will not lose quality.
In the Chinese market, the circulation and trading of used cans is basically completely free. Waste recycling stations of all sizes, including individuals, can recycle. Many small-scale recycling stations have not been registered and approved by the government, so they have to supervise them. It is not easy. The existence of this phenomenon causes a great waste of resources and at the same time causes environmental pollution, disrupts the order of the entire recycling system, and greatly reduces the scientific nature of can recycling.
Because of the high value of aluminum, there are spontaneous groups of people all over the country to collect waste cans and resell them to recycling stations. The recycling price of cans on the market fluctuates around 10,000 yuan/ton. Although it is possible to recycle and utilize most discarded pop cans, this cannot grow into a scientific recycling system, and the fragmentation of the recycling market and the instability of recycling channels have affected the utilization of waste pop cans.
