1 Laws and rules that protect people who shop and spend are examples of consumerism. 2  An obsession with shopping and acquiring stuff is an example of consumerism.  the practice and policies of protecting the consumer by publicizing defective and unsafe products, misleading business practices, etc.
Lower grades of aluminum or dirty aluminum (aluminum mixed with other materials or having insulation) will command a lower value then clean heavy aluminum scrap. for example - see some example aluminum scrap prices below for mid June 2011, the price per pound. Old Sheet Aluminum $ 0.63. Extruded Aluminum $ 0.90.
Creative Commons License photo credit: waferboard. You know you can recycle aluminum beer cans and glass bottles, and that is really cool. RecycleScene has also shown you how you can recycle metal beer bottle caps. Many breweries know of value of sending spent grain byproducts from the making of beer as feed for livestock.