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Aluminum makes sense to recycle for many reasons: - Extracting aluminum from ore is very expensive - That makes recycled aluminum cheaper than fresh aluminum
by pitaj 8y ago
Aluminum makes sense to recycle for many reasons:
- Extracting aluminum from ore is very expensive
- That makes recycled aluminum cheaper than fresh aluminum
- Aluminum is a metal, you can melt it down to burn off or separate any impurities
None is those is true of plastic.
- rpedela 8y agoThe article said that this new research makes plastic recycling like aluminum recycling in that it can separate impurities. I don't see any reason why recycled plastic wouldn't be at least price competitive with virgin plastic if this technology works at scale.