If you recycle a can how much energy does that save?????

Question

If you recycle a can how much energy does that save?????

Answer 1

Its all depends on how much recycling you use. If you want to conserve the environment by recycling, you will need at least 5 large items equal one kilowatt per hour to recycle to save energy.

If you are speaking about recycling a can, you will need a equilvalent of 200 cans per one kilowatt per hour.

Again, its all depends on how much you recycle since recycling a can still does produce pollution in the recycling facility anyway.

Answer 2

recycling one can will save enough energy to light one 25w CFL for over 14 hours.

Answer 3

recycling one can will do nothing, but waste energy you need to recycle several tons for it to save anything.

Answer 4

Recycling 1 aluminum can will save enough electricity to power a TV for 3 hours.  In 2004, the 12 billion bottles and cans recycled by Californians saved the equivalent of enough energy to power up to 522,000 homes, according to DOC calculations. Every little bit adds up and does make an enormous difference.