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If there was any truth to what you are saying, then it would be industry standard to manufacture in this manner, which it is decidedly not. Perhaps “less energ
by voisin 3y ago
If there was any truth to what you are saying, then it would be industry standard to manufacture in this manner, which it is decidedly not.
Perhaps “less energy” is only one input to cost, which is why the rest of the industry doesn’t have near the level of recycled components.
- fulafel 3y agoThere's more demand for metals like aluminium and iron than gets recycled, so only part of the demand gets satisfied this way and there's still demand for metals produced through mining. This is also why the price stays at the level of the mined metals.
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- throwup238 3y ago> Recycling scrap aluminium requires only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminium from the raw ore. In 2022, the United States produced 3.86 metric tons of secondary aluminium for every metric ton of primary aluminium produced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling > 42% of crude steel produced is recycled material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_by_material#Iron_and_steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_by_material#Iron_and... The only reason it's not industry standard to use 100% recycled metals is that it's pointless greenwashing. Everyone already uses as much recycled metal as they can get their hands on because it's cheaper.