DAY 11: Parks and Rec

Sports are pretty huge in Denver. In my circle of friends there is Rugby, Kickball, Sloshball(shout out Jenna V), Softball and an infinite amount of mountain sports and activities. Some do it for fun, others to stay fit and yet others for the love of the game (SEE: Jenna V/Sloshball- Second Shout Out). Recently our softball team has been on a terror. Between home runs and diving catches there are few teams that have came even close. This is pretty confusing because none of us are all that great at the sport. The only thing that I can think that really makes us stand out is that we drink more beer than the other team. Our pile of cans is much larger than our competitors. After harnessing the strength from the Coors Light can they are tossed in a pile later to be collected and tossed in the dumpster. Last week we found a loop hole in this current SOP(Standard Operating Procedures). There is a recycle bin as well. 


TODAYS DEED: Nate and I recycled the massive pile of "empties" that had piled up from a double header, where I would like to mention we won both games and Lazer got the last out so he will be buying beer next week. Thanks Lazer! 


Some neat facts about the beer can (aka Aluminum Can for your soda drinkers out there)


It takes energy to make aluminum from scratch. The energy you save by recycling a single aluminum can will run a TV for three hours.
In fact, it takes 95% less energy to make aluminum from bauxite ore than to recycle old aluminum into new.
Aluminum beverage cans are getting lighter. Twenty years ago, a pound of aluminum made about twenty cans. 
Today, the same amount of aluminum makes approximately thirty cans. The thickness of the side of an aluminum can is about the same as that of a human hair.
It takes about 400 years for aluminum to break down naturally. That Coke can you just drank from will probably still look about the same in another century or two.
With all the industries that use aluminum—in manufacturing, in packaging, in cars and airplanes—the industry that uses the most aluminum is the beverage industry.
In 2004, Americans recycled enough aluminum to build thirteen aircraft carriers.
Every three months, Americans discard enough aluminum to completely rebuild every single commercial airplane in America.