Aluminium is the third most abundant element in the earth's crust and is the earth's second most used metal

90% of all drinks cans sold in the UK every year are made of aluminium

Recycling aluminium drink cans saves up to 95% of the energy needed to make aluminium from its raw materials

Making one aluminium drink can from raw materials uses the same amount of energy that it takes to recycle 20

Recycling 1 kg of aluminium saves 8kg of bauxite, 4kg of chemical products and 14 Kilowatts of electricity

The energy saved by recycling 1 aluminium drink can is enough to run a television for three hours

75% of the aluminium ever made is still in productive use today

The UK produces over 9 billion drinks cans every year. 80% are made of aluminium

Every minute of every day, an average of 113,200 aluminium cans are recycled (source: thinkcans.net)

The average household uses 3.2kg of aluminium cans a year - That's about 208 cans

Used aluminium drink cans can be recycled and back on supermarket shelves as new drink cans in as little as 60 days