Thursday, February 19, 2009

Recycling of metals

Advantages
§metal ores are conserved, thus will last longer
§money is saved in the energy needed to extract new metals from ores
§unsightly scrap metal is removed from the environment

Disadvantages
§expensive to collect small bits of metal from many sources
§metal fumes produced in the melting of scrap metals during recycling can cause pollution

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