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Amazing statistics: 75% of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today. https://aluminiumtoday.com/news/international-aluminium-institute-publishes-globa

• ineedasername 6y ago
  That makes me disproportionately happy.
• edeion 6y ago
  Really? Does this number account for aluminium foil too? In France it's long been said that this should be thrown with the non-recyclable. Is France an outlier in this regard? Does that mean aluminium foil is a negligible amount?
  • hanche 6y ago
    My guess is that aluminium foil is indeed negligible in the big picture. But of course, I don't really know how accurate the original statistic is, either, nor do I know the distribution of aluminium for different uses. I imagine a lot of the metal is to be found in aircraft, which are of course pretty long-lived objects.