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.
Why Aluminum Cans? Recently, the 2010 aluminum can recycling rate was announced. Americans recycled approximately 56 billion aluminum cans last year, increasing the recycling rate to 58 percent â saving the energy equivalent of 17 million barrels of crude oil, or nearly two days of all U.S. oil imports.