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))
Where r is expressed as a decimal 0 <= r <=1.
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.
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.