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Sadly, recycling isn't as effective as one might think. For example, only a small subset of the plastic you put in the plastic recycling bin will actually be recycled.
Does this mean you shouldn't bother? No, but it gives all the more reason to try to use less plastic to begin with.
Cans and glass are infinitely recyclable. Recycling aluminum saves 96% of the energy of producing new.
Paper is semi recyclable, but it degrades, so it can only go through the process a certain number of times.
Plastic is marginally recyclable. Only about 10% of plastic that goes into a recycling bin gets recycled. It was a hoax by petro-chem to make plastic seem more sustainable than it is.
I believe that Iceland is home to some incredible geothermal networks, and thus they can produce aluminum at a volume and rate that outstrips any other nation by a mile.
That said, I'm curious how the electricity would be transferred from Iceland's geothermal plants with maximum fidelity. Follow-up, if that number changes, so should the "96%", correct? I'm no engineer, barely an oneironaut, so I'm just throwing it out there, in case anyone can break that down? 🤓
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling
Aluminium recycling is the process in which secondary commercial aluminium is created from scrap or other forms of end-of-life or otherwise unusable aluminium.[1] It involves re-melting the metal, which is cheaper and more energy-efficient than the production of virgin aluminium by electrolysis of alumina (Al2O3) refined from raw bauxite by use of the Bayer and Hall–Héroult processes.
Recycling scrap aluminium requires only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminium from the raw ore.[2]
Care to take a swing at the other points I brought up? Thanks for the silent clarification via wiki, though. That's a step.
I'm not really sure what you're asking or getting at. Could you be more explicit?
Which points are stumping you? I can help, I think.