An aluminium can: carbon footprint

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🥫Carbon footprintAn aluminium can

0.02kg CO₂e / kg

landfilling 1 kg

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An aluminium can comes in at about 0.02 kg CO₂e / kg (landfilling 1 kg).

Of the 8 things you throw away Carbonle tracks, An aluminium can sits at #3 from the lightest — mid-pack.

Does nothing in a landfill, but recycling one can saves a surprising amount.

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Figures from EPA WARM v15 (2019), landfilling pathway; public domain, licensed public domain.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.