Save Cans! Save me and You!

Last week we touched on a controversial topic, which may have left some in a daze.


However, this week we will be telling you more about what you belief.


That’s right, we will be telling you more about the positive aspect of recycling. 

We talked about paper and how ineffective recycling it actually is, but what about aluminium?

Aluminium is everywhere. We see it in soft drink cans, beer cans, foil, packaging and more.

Why should we recycle aluminium? Unlike paper, which is produced from trees which are grown, aluminium is mined (from mines of course >.>) and thus is non-renewable.

How we wish we could grow aluminium, then we could all quit school and start planting aluminium ‘trees’ to meet the world’s demand and supply our pockets with cash.

What most people don’t realize is that aluminium is practically the perfect recyclable material. Out of many recyclable materials such as paper, glass and plastic, which clutter up our landfills, aluminium can be recycled over and over again. 

Here are 5 interesting facts you may not know about recycling aluminium:

1. It takes energy to make aluminium from scratch. The energy you save by recycling a single aluminium can will run a TV for three hours.

2. Aluminium beverage cans are getting lighter. 20 years ago, 1 pound of aluminium = 20 cans. Today, the same amount of aluminium = 30 cans. This is due to the thinning of the sides of the can, now it is as thin as our hair!

3. It takes about 400 years for aluminium to break down naturally. That can drink you just drank from will probably still look the same in another century or two.

4. Aluminium can be recycled over and over without breaking down, Theoretically, we have an inexhaustible supply of it in circulation right now. If we recycled all our aluminium, we'd never have to make more. 

5. Aluminium recycles in no time at all. When you send a can to a recycling depot, it’s processed, recycled, and back on the shelf again in about 60 days.

Apart from all those serious stuff, here are some creative things people have done with aluminium.

Speaking of recycling, our group pledges to recycle a can for every 2 'likes' we have on our facebook page. 

Here is a sneak preview of what is to come, Treat it as a teaser advertisement for our cause, Enjoy!

There is no downside to recycling aluminium. So the next time when you want to throw away the aluminium can after drinking it, think again. You would be doing the world some good by recycling it instead of throwing it away.

The Controversial act of Recycling!

What if you were told right here and right now that recycling isn’t as good as it seems?

Think about it for a second....

 Can’t seem to convince yourself?

The only way for us to make you believe or even think about recycling being bad in one way or another is for us to have some form of scientific proof or maybe even just presenting to you something that makes sense.

We are no scientist nor environmentalist,

So whatever we have claimed to far may seem unbelievable,

But hear out the 2 guys in our video before jumping to any conclusions.

 

    

Told you that recycling is NOT as good as you think!!

This American documentary television series aired on the premium cable channel Showtime, from 2003 to 2010 and was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards.

To know more about this two awesome gentlemen copy the link below!

http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/home.do

Right now you might feel a tad bit disoriented,

So let us break it down for you.

 

When we, the people, demand paper,

They, the companies supply it to us.

Paper is demanded and thus trees have to be supplied to produce it!!


Taking this a step further,  

More Demand = More Trees!

Do you see it now?

Amazing when you think about it this way now isn’t it?

Basically, the more paper we demand, the more trees will have to be planted.

When we recycle paper,

we demand lesser trees and actually prevent thousands of them from being planted!!

Now how’s that for your recycling efforts!

To those of you who have only seen photos of deforestation, this is what actually happens:

Trees are a renewable resource!

Aside from tree farms producing more trees,

they acturally produce MORE oxygen than a natural forest (Given that both have the same area).

Why, you ask?

Young trees require more CO2 to grow,

And in turn produce more O2 in the process.

Here’s the thing, tree farms generally keep quite a big 'young' population
(Trees are felled unlike a natural forest)

We are not saying that recycling paper is all that bad.

But when you do chance upon an opportunity in the future,

Think about it.

This is who we are!

Considerate acts are deeds all of us should practice, are they not?

Save the Earth, prevent global warming and reduce wastage! The stuff we all regard as essential and yet mindlessly 'forget' to think about these days.

Honestly, other than the group of unknown ecologists and our ever caring government, which one of us actually gives a second of thought?

Yet if we are to be considerate, then allow us question what a ‘good’ deed really is. Lets take for example the "3Rs, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle", we all know that this statement has been said by many and carried out by a few. 

Everyone says its good, thinks it’s great, but not everyone knows about its flaws..

One SHOCKING fact that this blog will address, would be that the recycling of paper might not be as helpful when compared to recycling other materials such as aluminium and plastic! 

Our purpose here is to guide you, to do our part to help and influence those around us about the cause. 

Peace out!