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Article: THE RECYCLING STREAM; A standout in the bin.(VARIETY)(SERIES: THE RECYCLING STREAM)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 19, 2005
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Byline: Karen Youso; Staff Writer
CORRECTION PUBLISHED 04/20/05: The approximate value of a bale of crushed aluminum cans was incorrect in this story on recycling aluminum cans. It is $780.
Each aluminum can may only be worth about a penny, but those cans add up quickly. Squished together into a bale, they are worth about $1,200. The road show begins when those bales leave a recycling sorting center near you and travel to Kentucky for processing. There, turned into aluminum sheets, they are coiled into gigantic rolls, like toilet paper, and are sent back to Rexam Beverage Can Americas Inc., the only pop-can factory in Minnesota.
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