Saving Energy with

Recycling: I CAN!
通过循环利用节约能源 : 我能做到 !

罐子的一生
永无止境的故事

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What do these items have in common?
这些项目有什么共同之处 ?

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What does it mean to recycle?
回收有什么意义 ?
What materials can be recycled?
什么材料可以回收 ?

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What do you do with your beverage cans?
你怎么处理你的饮料罐 ?
Beverage cans are commonly recycled.

What element is used to

make this beverage can?
饮料罐通常是回收利用的。这个饮料罐
是用什么元素做的 ?

Aluminum 铝
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True or False?

Aluminum is very rare. 铝很稀有

False! 错
Aluminum is the third most common
element in the Earth’s crust, but it
does not exist on its own. It must be
extracted from bauxite ore.
铝是地壳中第三常见的元素，但它不
是单独存在的。它必须从铝土矿中提
取。
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How old are aluminum cans?
铝罐有多长时间了 ?

Aluminum or Gold? 铝还是金 ?

When aluminum was first discovered in
1825, it was more expensive than gold and
silver!
当铝在 1825 年首次被发现时，它比金和银
还贵 !
Today, modern advances in aluminum
production have enabled aluminum to
be much more cost-efficient.
今天，铝生产的现代进步使铝的成本效益大
大提高。
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 The strength of aluminum 铝的优势
How much weight can four six-packs of cans
support?
四个六罐装罐头能承受多大重量 ?
Aluminum cans are VERY strong. Four six-
packs of cans can support the weight of a
4,000 pound car. This is incredible
considering the side of each can is only as
thick as a human hair.
铝罐很结实。四个六罐装罐头可以支撑一辆
4000 磅重的汽车。考虑到每个罐子的侧面只有
一根头发那么粗，这真是令人难以置信。

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Around the Earth 环绕地球

About 100 billion aluminum cans are made in the U.S. each
year. What happens to most of them? 美国每年大约生产 1000 亿
个铝罐。他们中的大多数怎么样了 ?
Americans throw away approximately 100 million cans
(100,000,000) each year! If you laid this many cans end-to-end,
the line would... 美国人每年大约扔掉 1 亿罐 (1 亿 )! 如果你把这么
多罐子首尾相连，这条线会…
• wrap around 1/3 of Earth’s circumference
• go back and forth across the U.S. one and a half
times, with cans to spare
• reach the center of Earth and back
• 绕地球周长的三分之一
• 绕美国来回一圈半，
• 罐头可以到达地球中心并返回
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What Happens When We Don’t Recycle?

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Why is it important to recycle aluminum cans?
为什么回收铝罐很重要 ?

Recycling: 回收
1. Reduces waste in landfills 减少堆填区的
废物
2. Conserves natural resources 保护自然资
源
3. Reduces energy use 减少能源消耗
How does recycling cans achieve
these goals? 回收易拉罐是如何实
现这些目标的 ?
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Life cycle of a can 罐子的循环周期

The manufacturing process describes

how aluminum cans are made. 制造过程
描述了铝罐是如何制造的。

Try to put the steps of the manufacturing

process in the correct order, from the time
that the aluminum comes out of the
ground, until you drink the beverage. 试着
按照正确的顺序排列制造过程的步骤，从
铝从地下出来的时候开始，直到你喝饮料。

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Step 1: Bauxite mining 第一步 : 铝土矿开采

Bauxite ore (which contains aluminum)

is mined from the ground in places like
Brazil, Jamaica, China, and India.
铝土矿 ( 含铝 ) 在巴西、牙买加、中国和
印度等地从地下开采。
Bauxite mining uses less than 1 unit
of the energy needed to make one can.
铝土矿开采只消耗不到一个单位的能量
来制造一个罐子。

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Step 2: Alumina refining 第二步 : 氧化铝精炼

The refining process removes

impurities from the bauxite. This leaves
behind a fine white powder made of
aluminum and oxygen. The powder is
called alumina. 精炼过程除去铝土矿中
的杂质。这就留下了一种由铝和氧组成
的白色粉末。这种粉末叫做氧化铝。
Alumina refining uses about 15 units of
the energy needed to make one can. 氧
化铝精炼需要大约 15 个单位的能量来
制造一个罐子。
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Step 3: Aluminum smelting 第三步：铝冶炼

An electric current zaps the alumina,

which separates the aluminum from the
oxygen. The aluminum melts into a
bubbly liquid that looks like silver lava.
电流冲击氧化铝，将铝与氧分离。铝融
化成一种气泡状的液体，看起来像银色
的熔岩。
Alumina smelting uses 70 units of the
energy needed to make one can.
氧化铝冶炼需要 70 个单位的能量才能制
造一罐。
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Step 4: Ingot casting 第 4 布：扁锭铸造

The molten aluminum flows into molds

and is sprayed with water to cool it
down. As it cools, it hardens into a solid.
This solid block is called a ingot.
熔化的铝流入模具，并被喷水冷却。当它
冷却时，它变硬成固体。这种实心块叫做
锭。
Ingot casting uses less than 1 unit of the
energy needed to make one can.
铸锭所用的能量少于制造一个罐所需能量
的 1 个单位。
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Step 5: Sheet production 第 5 步：板材生产

Aluminum ingots are heated and passed

through a series of rollers. A long, thin
sheet is produced and coiled.
铝锭加热后通过一系列滚轮。一个又长又
薄的薄片被制作出来并卷起来。
Sheet production uses 5 units of the
energy needed to make one can.
薄板生产需要 5 个单位的能量来制造一
个罐头。

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Step 6: Can-making 第 6 步：制罐

Cans are trimmed, printed, and

cleaned. Then, they are filled with the
beverage and sealed. 罐被修剪、印刷
和清洗。然后，将它们装满饮料并密封。
Can making uses 10 units of the
energy needed to make one can.
制造一个罐需要 10 个单位的能量。

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Step 7: To the consumer! 第 7 步：到消费者

Which part of the manufacturing

process used the most energy?
制造过程中哪一部分消耗的能源最多 ?
What happens to the can once the
consumer drinks the beverage?
消费者喝下饮料后，易拉罐会发生什么 ?

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To the trash 到垃圾桶

A can that goes into the trash will

disappear into a landfill. If you need a
new can, you will have to start from the
beginning, with bauxite mining.
一个被扔进垃圾桶的易拉罐将消失在垃
圾填埋场。如果你需要一个新的罐子，
你将不得不从头开始，用铝土矿开采。
How much energy is required to make a
new can from new materials?
用新材料制造一个新易拉罐需要多少能
源?
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Step 8: RECYCLE! 第 8 步：回收

How can we save energy by Recycling?

我们如何透过循环再造节省能源 ?
How do we recycle? 我们如何回收？
• Cans are collected, compressed, and sent to a recycling plant.
• At the plant, they are shredded and melted, and start the cycle
at INGOT CASTING.
• What happens next?
• 易拉罐被收集、压缩，然后送到回收厂。
• 在工厂，它们被切碎和熔化，并在铸锭铸造开始循
环。
• 接下来会发生什么 ?

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Step 8: RECYCLE! 第 8 步：回收

What CAN happen in 60 days?

• A used aluminum can is recycled,
remade, refilled, and returned to the
store shelf!
• 60 天内会发生什么 ?
• 一个用过的铝罐被回收，重新制作，重新
填充，然后回到商店的货架上 !

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Recycle: Saving energy 回收：节约能源

Which steps of the manufacturing process did you

skip because you recycled and started at ingot
casting?
由于回收并开始铸锭，您跳过了制造过程的哪些步
骤?
How much energy did you use to go through the
rest of the process?
在接下来的过程中你消耗了多少能量 ?
How much energy did you save by recycling
your can?
通过回收你的易拉罐，你节省了多少能源 ?
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I Can! 我可以！

I, ___________________________________, pledge to help the environment by recycling at least once

a day.
我 , ___________________________________, 承诺帮助环境 , 回收至少一天一次。

• When I recycle, I help reduce waste in landfills because….

• When I recycle, I help conserve natural resources because….
• When I recycle, I help reduce energy use because….
• 当我回收，我帮助减少垃圾填埋场因为 ....
• 当我回收时，我帮助保护自然资源，因为 ....
• 当我回收时，我帮助减少了能源的使用，因为 ....
In taking this action, I am doing my part to have a positive impact on the environment and the world.
通过采取这一行动，我正在尽自己的一份力量，对环境和世界产生积极影响。

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