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Alcoa recycles approximately 14 billion—that's billion, with a "B"—aluminum cans each year and would like to recycle more... but we need your help. Why is this so important? Because it takes 95% less energy to make a can out of recycled aluminum... and produces 95% less greenhouse gas. So if you're wondering what to do about climate change, you can start by cleaning your room. And recycling all the cans you dig up.
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Unless of course you are air conditioning the whole neighborhood
 For each pound of aluminum recovered, Americans save the energy resources to generate about 7.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That's enough energy to meet the electric needs of a city the size of Pittsburgh, PA for six years.
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