The diagram illustrates the way in which aluminium cans reproduced.
Overall, the process consists of seven stages, beginning with the used cans and ending up with the recycled cans.
Initially, used cans are thrown into specialized bins for aluminium recycling instead of a regular trash. Afterward, cans are gathered together by a truck. Subsequently, all of the cans are put into a machine to begin the cleaning and sorting processes. Following that, the sorted cans are shredded and compressed in the special machine. When these steps are completed, materials are placed in a heat resistant container.
The container is heated to a high temperature until the aluminium is melted. Subsequently, melted aluminium is rolled to a thickness ranging from 2.5mm to 6mm and molded into shapes such as a coke can. Finally, the cans are labelled and prepared for to reuse. Thanks to this process, 74% of all cans are recycled in the UK.
