RECYCLING CAN BE FUN!
Attention all kids who like drinks in aluminum cans!
What are you going to do with that can when you finish the last sip? Don’t throw it away! After all, that can isn’t trash.
Did you know?
· Last year, Americans recycled 62.6 billion aluminum cans. Those cans, placed end-to-end, could make 171 circles around the earth at its equator!
· When can makers use recycled aluminum instead of new aluminum during can production, they save enough energy to supply electricity to a city like Pittsburgh for six years!
· Not recycling a single aluminum can is the equivalent of pouring out 6 ounces of gasoline – that’s half a can or approximately 1 cup!
Jimmy Neutron thinks you should recycle!
 Visit a new Web site to watch Jimmy Neutron and his dog Goddard talk about recycling. You can play a fun game to test your recycling IQ and find lots of cool links and stuff you can print out. Viist www.recycleyourcans.org today!
Jimmy says: "Anyone can recycle! It helps keep the environment clean. Recycle an aluminum can today, and in as little as sixty days, it’s back on the shelves as a new can! Make sure it gets in the recycling bin!"
Sammy Sosa recycles for Habitat for Humanity
Baseball slugger Sammy Sosa recycles his aluminum cans for Habitat for Humanity, a national charity that helps build homes with families in need. Every can you recycle for the program goes to build more homes. One can equals one nail -- how cool! Now, you can also recycle for Habitat. Visit the program's Web site to find out more.
Sosa says: "I recycle all of my aluminum cans for Habitat. You can too!"
Learn more in school
If you want to learn more, talk to your teachers. Visit a special Web site deisgned just for you to find materials you can print out and bring to class.
Test your knowledge
1. A fourth-grade class decides to collect cans for an annual school can drive. How many cans will they need to collect if they want to save the energy equivalent of 100 cups of gasoline? (HINT: 1 can = 1 cup of gasoline)
2. If your family recycled five cans a day, seven days a week, four weeks a month for a year, what is the gasoline equivalent saved? (HINT: 5 cans x 7 days x 4 weeks x 12 months = total # of cans)
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