Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by dave_b on Thursday February 27, 2020 @06:45PM
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According to that, we should be just about out of antimony by now. Yet somehow the market for drugs and batteries still seems to be humming along. 2/10 fear porn.
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Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by xyzzyz on Thursday February 27, 2020 @07:02PM
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Even better is only 80 years for aluminum, the third most common mineral in Earth's crust, constituting 8% of its weight. What an absurd alarmism.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by Mirioron on Thursday February 27, 2020 @07:55PM
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Even if we can't get more. It's not like we're using it in a nuclear reaction that turns aluminium into something else. The aluminium is still there.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by velosol on Thursday February 27, 2020 @08:41PM
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Not to mention how incredibly recyclable it is. In the US alone aluminum is made from scrap >30% percent of the time [1].
[1]: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/aluminum-statistics-and-in... (click on an annual PDF).
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by dredmorbius on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:17AM
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And after 4 generations, less than 1% of the original material remains.
percent remaining = 100 * (r^generations))
Even at 90% recovery, over 90% of the original material is lost after 22 generations. The highest recycling rate of any material in the US is lead (mostly from auto batteries). The USGS reports that rate as ~70%, though this may be the amount of recycled material in new production.