Recycling New Metal for Old

A different and more direct approach to conserving resources is to increase the useful lifetime of our household materials and objects. Another is to diminish excess use of materials, even those that are recyclable. The three R s of waste prevention, in order of their importance, are 

Metals are not incinerated, but are transported either to waste dumps or to recycling plants. Many factors determine the extent to which a metal is recycled. 

Lead is the most recycled metal, for several reasons It is too toxic to go to landfills the major use is in automobile batteries, which have a predictable life span and used batteries are collected at legally designated locations in most states. Iron and steel are second in percentage recycled, most of which is recycled within the industry rather than from consumer products. Iron and steel are used in vastly greater quantities than all other metals combined, resulting in a huge pool of scrap to be dealt with. Not recovering it would be a financial as well as an environmental burden. Also, all steel is potentially recyclable without separation of pure metals from the mixture. 

How many of these items could have been repaired or manufactured to last longer  

Do any of you remember the time when milk and soft drinks were sold only in glass bottles that were returned, washed, and used again Shall we make this the law  

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