Reynolds Wrap Foil from 100 Percent Recycled Aluminum

Reynolds Wrap® Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum

After finding about the environmental cost of mining aluminum, I switched last year to using old-fashioned baking paper from If You Care for my baking needs.

But baking paper has its limits. For one thing, I believe that it's not generally supposed to be used at high temperatures (over 400 degrees) or under a broiler.

So I was happy to see that Reynolds Wrap has introduced Reynolds Wrap® Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum - and packaged this foil in a 100% Recycled Paperboard box for an extra eco-friendly bonus.

You can read more about the benefits of the Reynolds Wrap recycled aluminum foil on the company's website.

And even if you're a little OCD (as I am), don't worry -- the aluminum used to create the recycled foil is apparently heated to more than 1200 degrees Farenheit, which should be enough to incinerate any icky stuff.

Plus, when you consider the environmental benefits of recycled aluminum (reportedly requires 95% less energy than virgin aluminum and elininates the need to mine the bauxite from which virgin aluminum is produced, plus keeps aluminum out of landfills), all the chips seem to fall in favor of a recycled aluminum foil like this new Reynolds Wrap offering.

From what I've read, it seems like recycling has made aluminum into a truly renewable resource, since the same cans and foil can be recycled almost indefinitely. When you buy a recycled aluminum product like Reynolds Wrap Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum, you do your part to support this virtuous circle.

Oh and in terms of our usual hands-on product testing, I can affirm that Reynolds Wrap Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum does in fact perform just as well in my kitchen from a baking and broiling standpoint as regular Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil. As far as I can tell, there's no reason to buy non-recycled aluminum foil from this point forward.

Where to Buy:

Look for Reynolds Wrap Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum in the foils, wraps and bags aisle of your local grocer.

Visit the Reynolds Wrap website for coupons, sweepstakes entries and other promotions.