This is the second part of the series of three.
Calling an expert in the subject he quickly sent me necessary information: "When you take the ring out of the can, it is difficult to recycling because ...
1 - Due to the small size, many of them are lost before reaching the place where they will be recycled.
2 - In the recycling process of the can, they are sieved and the chance of loose rings that end up going along with sand / soil cleanup is bigger.
3 - It Increases the chances of reducing the yield of recycling in the ovens, that’s because as the league which is made the ring contains a high content of magnesium and magnesium have higher oxidation potential than aluminum, if it (the ring) is not along with the can, it makes it easier its oxidation in the oven.
4 - Because the aluminum alloy recycled can only be used to make the body of the can and have magnesium content lower than the rings, using only the ring in the recycling process it can contaminate the already recycled aluminum, because the magnesium content is above the requirements so the material gets contaminated or "out of specifications. "
5 - For the above reasons, the aluminum rings, when sold separately, have a lower market value than the whole cans that’s why it is less worth it!
Worse than the above reasons, it is the frustration of having the can in hand, extracting the ring, saving it and then discovering that it doesn’t worth more than the can, instead, with less cans you get the same amount of money. If the intention is to help someone to have a wheelchair, know that joining the cans with rings, you will need 6020 cans, but to achieve the same wheelchair only with rings, you will need 286,667 of them! With 70 cans you’ll have 1kg. To have 1kg of rings you’ll need 3333 rings!
" After writing this "chronic," I feel lighter, seems to me as if I had exorcised the ringlet and accepted the fact that the "urban legends" are part of any society where people need to believe in something that somehow will improve their lives, even if only as a dream.
Our duty is to inform, clarify. So, I ask everyone (now that we have all the information necessary) to help spread "the truth" about the rings from cans.
In next post I will provide good tips on how to reuse the rings.
To be continued…
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