We've smelted a billion tonnes of recyclable aluminium. Do we need to make more?
- Written by Guy Keulemans, Faculty Research Fellow, UNSW
ShutterstockAluminium is light and versatile, but massively energy-intensive to produce, requiring 10% of Australia’s entire electricity output . Recycling it uses just a fraction of the energy. Why aren’t we closing the loop?
This metal – the most abundant in the Earth’s crust – is used in everything from kitchen...
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