• Yondoza@sh.itjust.works
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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling

    Aluminium recycling is the process in which secondary commercial aluminium is created from scrap or other forms of end-of-life or otherwise unusable aluminium.[1] It involves re-melting the metal, which is cheaper and more energy-efficient than the production of virgin aluminium by electrolysis of alumina (Al2O3) refined from raw bauxite by use of the Bayer and Hall–Héroult processes.

    Recycling scrap aluminium requires only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminium from the raw ore.[2]

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Care to take a swing at the other points I brought up? Thanks for the silent clarification via wiki, though. That’s a step.