It sounds like those are noticeable bad effects of mining/smelting it? I agree if we could do that with plastic, then maybe we should think about it, but right

It sounds like those are noticeable bad effects of mining/smelting it? I agree if we could do that with plastic, then maybe we should think about it, but right now, we waste a whole bunch of fuel just to send our plastic to Vietnam where it then goes into the ocean.