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by foota 712 days ago
There's discussion about mining landfills to recover these kinds of materials. When you rememeber we had to dig it all out of the ground, taking it from a dump seems pretty convenient!
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dehrmann 712 days ago
Depending on the age of the landfill, you can find refined aluminum or iron at higher rates than are in ore.
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foota 711 days ago
I'm amused by the idea of the vintage of a landfill :-)
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hilbert42 712 days ago
Right, see my reply to ars.
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