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To each 9 seconds an area of the size of a soccer field is deforested in the Amazônia.

An average consumer discards, in one year:

Recycling helps to diminish these numbers: it reduces the consumption standards and it separates its garbage for recycling process

When using to advantage prime-substances:

In Brazil, 241,000 tons of domiciliary garbage are generated daily garbage, being 90,000. In the city of São Paulo only approximately 14,000 tons of domestic garbage per day is generated approximately. This signifies that instead of consuming more, have to consume better. We must remember 4 important rules: To reduce the consumption; To reuse the what will be possible; To recycle materials; To rethink the discarding and consumption habits.

Aluminium Cans:

64% of the national production of cans are recycled. The Brazilian numbers surpass industrialized countries as England (23%) and Italy (41%).
Value: The aluminium can is the more valuable recyclable material. The paid price for a ton varies of 500 the 750 dollar.

Contamination: with cans mixed the remaining garbage can be contaminated with organic substance, excess of humidity, plastic, glass, sand and other materials, making it difficult its recovery for a more righteous use
Reduction in the generation source: The aluminium cans are becoming “lightweight”. In last the 20 years, the thickness of the aluminium containers diminished about 30%.

Each 75 reused steel cans prevent the cut of a tree, and to each 100 cans we save the equivalent to a lighted light bulb of 60w for one hour.

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