The answer to this question falls somewhere in the middle: No, you should not crush metal cans entirely to recycle them, but ...

On a muggy summer day in an industrial stretch of Brooklyn, New York, Josefa Marín stood in a sea of empty aluminum cans, methodically sorting the tall green Heinekens from blue-and-silver Red Bulls ...

Recycling takes more than just throwing your used cans into the recycling bin. If you're not prepping your aluminum before tossing it in the bin, it's likely bypassing the recycling process and going ...

The Container Recycling Institute (CRI), based in Arlington, Va., has reported a 45.1 percent recycling rate for aluminum beverage containers in 2004, which is up only slightly from 2003’ 44.3 percent ...

This America Recycles Day, the aluminum can industry is announcing and celebrating its efforts to increase aluminum can recycling rates, while encouraging Americans to get involved in recycling today ...

Recycling aluminum cans into flat sheets of metal is gaining popularity among DIY enthusiasts and sustainability advocates. Aluminum’s lightweight, durable, and corrosion-resistant properties make it ...

Bruce Nightingale, left, and Will Lunn scoop, bag and haul aluminum cans for Cans for the Community every month. Local nonprofit Cans for the Community is making a final push to collect 5,000 pounds ...