According to Caroline Jones of ABLE Inc., it started in the 1980s. The premise of Earth started in 1970 with Sen. Gaylord Nelson writing a bill to increase the awareness of the environment, she said. Since ABLE started the recycling, they have been taking in aluminum cans weekdays, reaching more than 800,000 pounds several years ago. And Baker Metal and Recycling has been involved in the program for the past five years. The Baker-based business also has a location in Bowman. But every Earth Day there is additional value to the cans being recycled. The cans that are turned in are crushed then ...