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And it's fairly easy to separate in a recycling center, just hover a magnet over the conveyer belt.
by cm2187 4y ago
And it's fairly easy to separate in a recycling center, just hover a magnet over the conveyer belt.
- tialaramex 4y agoYou're thinking of steel, not aluminium. It is possible to build a machine that detects aluminium but it's not just "a magnet" because aluminium isn't magnetic
- cm2187 4y agoActually, I didn't know that, thank you. I always assumed the big magnet over the coveyer belt was for cans but it is for steel indeed. Apparently they use a similar process using eddy current to separate cans.