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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV)
Date: Wed Mar 19 1997 - 06:57:00 EST 

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 97 11:57 WET
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Aluminum

March 19, 1997

Worldwide, in June, 1992 approximately 452 million tons of secondary aluminum were recovered for reuse.
- Source: The Spector Report, Inc., 1992.

In the US: 38 billion aluminum cans were generated as wast in 1995, of which 62.2% were recycled. This is ONLY aluminum cans, not all aluminum.
-- Source: The Aluminum Association.

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