Hello again!
After some further research and a very insightful comment on my last post about recycling aluminum foil, I was able to dig up a little more information on this matter. Unfortunately, here in Seattle, aluminum foil is not accepted by the city’s recycling service. However, if you really want to be green there is a way to do it without a lot of headache. This is what you do:
1- After using aluminum foil, you need to make sure it is rinsed and free of any left overs.
2- After it is cleaned, begin building up a little aluminum foil “ball” until you have a few pounds saved up (more than 5 pounds will probably take up a lot of room, but if you have the storage keep building).
3- Find where your local scrap metal shop is and take it to them as they will be able to recycle it for you, and some places will even give you money for it.
I actually know someone who does this for a living and you can probably ask him more about it. Here is his Biznik profile:
http://biznik.com/members/robert-collier/
Anyways, I know this may be more trouble than most people would like to go through, but you know what they say: no pain, no gain. You could actually make this a fun thing by doing a little “aluminum foil desing competition.” Ultimately, recycling aluminum foil can add even more momentum to the sustainability movement and we might eventually be able to get control of this thing once and for all. In any case, there is no excuse not to recycle those cans… put them in the recycle bin! 
