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Also steel is 100% recyclable. If I recall correctly, most steel used today is recycled.

• missedthecue 5y ago
  Most steel in the US and Europe is recycled. I believe most steel in China and to a larger extent Asia comes out of a giant pit in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandicoogina_mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandicoogina_mine
  • javajosh 5y ago
    That mine runs fully automated ore trucks and the owner Rio Tinto wants to automate the rest. 950 ppl produce 18% of the world's iron ore from that pit. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/rio-tinto-opens-worlds-first-automated-mine/6863814 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/rio-tinto-opens-world...
• dzhiurgis 5y ago
  If this has 100x less carbon footprint and steel is 90% recycled, the polymer still wins overall.
  • worik 5y ago
    Not in 10,000 years when it is still blowing around..
    • dzhiurgis 5y ago
      Current steel production is pretty awful too - radioactive materials in atmosphere via coal, leachates from additives, etc. Microplastics haven't been proven to have much damage other than triggering karentils (karen's on lentil spectrum).