All aboard for the first local Sep 24, 2008
Remove the meat to a carving board and cover it loosely with aluminum foil to keep it warm while cooking the potatoes. 5. (NJ.com -- Times)
Carrying a torch for Olympic gear Aug 13, 2008
The 1984 torch, for example, is made of brass-finished aluminum with a tan leather handle and depicts the L.A. Coliseum, while 1992's stainless-steel, flame-shaped Albertville torch has the added cachet of having been designed by Philippe Starck. Prices for torches usually fall into the $5,000 to $7,000 range, but can exceed that depending on how many were produced. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Coke to sell collectible foreign language cans in U.S. as Olympic promotion May 11, 2008
The Web site also will feature "WE8," a global collaboration between eight exciting visual artists and eight progressive musicians to create eight limited-edition aluminum bottle designs and free, downloadable companion songs. Over the summer, thousands of samples of the special aluminum bottles will be shared with visitors at Simon Malls across the country. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Volunteers urge more recycling May 6, 2008
The city also takes newspapers and magazines, paper, glass bottles and jugs, steel and aluminum cans and different kinds of paper and cardboard. The transfer station also accepts tires, refrigerators and other white goods for a fee and takes scrap metal and used motor oil without charge. (Courier Publications, ME)
Community : Leaves have changed and fallen Oct 11, 2007
Last Thursday the Service Club held its monthly meeting, where it was learned that the first collection of aluminum cans to be donated to the Playground Committee for a year netted the group 264. Don't forget to save your beer and soda cans for the collection site next to the playground down by the town garage. (Forest Republican, WI)
A lot to look at Jul 4, 2007
Escama bags, made from recycled aluminum pull tabs by a women's cooperative in Brasilia, Brazil, look like mail mesh. Shorrock does patchwork sweaters, scarves, and vintage bags. (Boston Globe)
Columbia man turns trash into treasure Apr 11, 2007
Columbia resident Gary Holt shows off some of the models he has made out of aluminum cans ... Inspired by a love of building and desire to lessen the number of aluminum cans being sent to landfills, Holt began making model planes, trains and automobiles out of aluminum cans about three years ago ... There s more than enough aluminum around these days to keep Holt busy. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Levy County's recycling program remains productive Jan 18, 2007
BRONSON Aluminum, paper, cardboard and plastic can be recycled in Levy County if people take the materials to the recycling bins ... The biggest income is from aluminum ... Depending on the volume of cans brought in and the price of aluminum, the county nets between 2,100 and 2,200 every three or four weeks, according to Foreman Rod Hastings. (Chiefland Citizen, FL)
