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.