Recycle your cans. Tin and steel cans save a lot of energy if they are recycled. Reclaiming one ton of steel or tin saves 1.5 tons of ore. Tin recycling saves an estimated 2,600 kilowatt hours per ton. Steel recycling saves and average of 4,300 kilowatt hours per ton or 47% of the energy required to process steel from raw materials.
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do you know how long it takes for tin cans to disintegrate
According to: www.goerie.com/
It takes 100 years for a tin can to disintegrate.
how much tin is used in the world per year?
It's roughly 0.12 million tonnes / year. Here i'm talking about pure tin metal.
I hate to ask a dumb question, but what type of cans are steel? I know soda cans are aluminum and soup cans are steel, so what are tin?
Editor's Note: All steel cans are coated (plated) with tin.
Why would you want to disintegrate a tin can? Why wouldn't you just recycle it?
What do they do with the tin cans, is it used to make anything else?
How do you recycle tin cans? Is it hard or easy?
What happens to the can after they are crushed. Do they get melted down and made into new cans or is recycling a waste of time and energy?
I wonder what tin is made of? TIN?
Editor's Note: According to Wikipedia it is an element. It is a silvery, malleable poor metal that is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion.
How much money would I get if I sold 4000 aluminium cans to a recycling company?
4000 aluminum cans = 400 pounds. 400 * $0.50 = 200 dollars.
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