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We’ve smelted a billion tonnes of recyclable aluminium. Do we need to make more? – The Conversation AU

Aluminium is hugely useful, but energy-intensive to produce. What if we didn’t have to smelt any more?

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Aluminium is light and versatile, but massively energy-intensive to produce, requiring 10% of Australias entire electricity output . Recycling it uses just a fraction of the energy. Why arent we closing the loop?
This metal the most abundant in the Earths…

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