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“MAKING NEW THINGS IS CHEAPER THAN RECYCLING”

“Recycled = poorer quality”

→ Different materials are not equally easy to recycle. Elements such as aluminium and iron can be sorted accurately based on their density or melting points, allowing us to almost fully recycle them. 75% of all aluminium ever manufactured over the years is still in use today.

With other types of waste, it is indeed difficult

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