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Show Recvclers are honored B OUNTIFUL Area residents who have taken advantage of the Reynold's Aluminum Recylcing project at Five Points Mall have been honored for achieving a significant milestone. Over a million pounds of aluminum has been recycled since the center ', opened in June 1984. Mayor Bob Linnell was presented an engraved plaque by Reynold's Aluminum last week. Charles R, Johnson, UtahIdaho area business manager for Reynolds, said the million pounds of aluminum is equivalent to about 28 million beverage cans. Laid end-. end-. to-end, those cans would stretch ' nearly 2,652 miles, almost across : the country. Over 14 rail cars would be needed to load that many cans, and recycling them instead of making mak-ing new aluminum ore saved a million gallons of fuel and 6.5 million kilowatts of electricity. Reynold's claims to have paid out over $315,000 to recyclers at the Five Points location in nearly six years. That money, the company stresses, is "new" money that would not have otherwise been earned or generated within the state. The company held a promotion at the Five Points center last week for those bringing in aluminum products. pro-ducts. The location is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. Raylin Harrison, off-the-street buyer for Reynolds, staffs the location. |