Aluminum Cans
Aluminum cans are widely used as beverage containers. They are a CRV material and easily recycled at the locations shown below.
Recycle
Recycle Aluminum Cans at these locations:
Alderpoint | |
| Alderpoint Drop-off Site | drop-off only |
Arcata | |
| Arcata Community Recycling Center | CRV: $1.57/lb |
Blocksburg | |
| Blocksburg Drop-off Site | drop-off only |
Carlotta | |
| Carlotta Drop-off Site | drop-off only |
Eureka | |
| Eureka Recycling Center | CRV: $1.57/lb |
| General Recycling | CRV: $1.57/lb |
| Zinks Recycling | CRV: $1.57/lb |
Fortuna | |
| Eel River Disposal & Resource Recovery | CRV: $1.57/lb |
| Eel River Disposal CRV Site | CRV: $1.57/lb |
Garberville | |
| Popko Recycling - Garberville | CRV: $1.57/lb |
McKinleyville | |
| Humboldt Sanitation and Recycling | CRV: $1.57/lb |
Petrolia | |
| Petrolia Drop-off Site | drop-off only |
Redway | |
| Redway Transfer Station | CRV: $1.57/lb |
Rio Dell | |
| Rio Dell City Hall | drop-off only |
Trinidad | |
| Cal Trans Park & Ride | drop-off only |
Whitethorn | |
| Whitethorn Drop-off Site | drop-off only |
Willow Creek | |
| Popko Recycling - Willow Creek | CRV: $1.57/lb |
| Willow Creek Drop-off Site | drop-off only |
Factoids about Aluminum Cans
The aluminum beverage can returns to the grocer's shelf as a new, filled can in as little as 90 days after collection, remelting, rolling, manufacturing and distribution. Consumers could purchase the same recycled aluminum can from a grocer's shelf every 13 weeks or four times a year.
Source: Can Manufacturers Institute 1993. The Great Aluminum Can Roundup.
Aluminum can recycling saves 95% of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore. Energy savings in 1992 were enough to light a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.
Source: Can Manufacturers Institute 1993. The Great Aluminum Can Roundup.