When producing recycled aluminium 95 less energy is used than when producing primary aluminium aluminium comes from the mineral bauxite and is our most abundant metal it occurs everywhere around us the deposits are usually found in shallow layers of the earthrsquos crust and in most locations where bauxite is mined there are strict requirements to restore the environment after the mining 1kg of aluminium goes a long way as packaging material it is enough for more than 300 feet of house