Follows an aluminum can from the time it is collected for recycling, through ninety days of different processing steps, to a new can that is ready for use.

Includes index.

Why recycle? -- The cycle starts -- The recycling plant -- Shredded and heated -- Screened and cleaned -- Into the furnace -- Squashed and flattened -- A two-mile coil -- From coil to foil -- A two-month cycle.