NYC climate week 2026

The energy nobody is counting

America buries 61 billion aluminum cans a year, then imports 60% of its aluminum. We put AI cameras on a recycling line in Brooklyn and counted what is actually there.

16 pages PDF. Full methodology and sources.

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Measured, not estimated. The report moves through the uncounted ledger, what Greyparrot measured in Brooklyn, and what one more recovered can is worth.

 

 

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Find every can America buries and you could power Manhattan for a year.

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