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Get the most out of aluminium

Aluminium is found everywhere in nature, but not in the form of usable metal. It must first be extracted before it is used to make anything else.

The process requires a lot of electricity so it is cheaper to recycle aluminium than to make new products from raw material. And, one truly amazing thing about an aluminium can for example, is that it can be recycled over and over again without ever losing its properties!

Recycled aluminium is used to make:

bicycles
baseball bats
car parts
garden furniture
construction materials
wrapping paper
cans and various containers
and much more!

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