This is a can.
Over two billion of them are thrown away every year in Britain alone. But these cans are destroying the tropical forests. How?
The cans are made of aluminum . Aluminum is extracted from bauxite .Bauxite is not found deep in the ground like other metals,but in the soil. Most bauxite can be removed, large areas of forest have to be cut down . Then a power station have to be built to provide the electricity so that the aluminum can be extracted from the bauxite . Then roads are needed to transport the aluminum. So some trees must be destroyed.
However, the forest needn't to be destroyed. Aluminum can be recycled easily and cheaply. But at the moment most cans are buried in the ground again. This waste should be stopped.
In Sweden and some states of the USA 95%of cans are recycled. Cans are taken back to supermarkets and exchanged for money.
This should be done everywhere. The tropical forest mustn't be destroyed just for drink cans.
