In America, 1,500 aluminum cans are recycled every second.
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In 1989, Americans used 80 billion aluminum cans.
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We recycled 60% of aluminum cans in 1989. 
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Making cans from recycled aluminum cuts related air pollution (for example, sulfur dioxides, which create acid rain) by 95%. 
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Americans throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. 
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A quarter of all aluminum goes into packaging. 
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The all-aluminum can was introduced in 1964. 
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A paper grocery sack holds about 1.5 pounds of empty aluminum cans