Recycling Facts
Did you know?
The more beverage containers we recycle, the more we affect our environment in a positive way. A few sustainable outcomes are listed below, but there are many others that exist, and an untold number yet to be discovered!
Did you know…?
Albertans achieved a non-refillable beverage container return rate of 85% in 2023.
More than two billion beverage containers are returned annually in Alberta.
Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run your TV for three hours.
It takes only 1,000 milk jugs to make a new recycled park bench.
The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.
The same amount of energy is used to produce one new aluminum can as twenty recycled cans.
Aluminum cans can be recycled over and over again. There’s no limit on the number of times they can be recycled.