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Environment & Energy

bucolic_frolic

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3. You could be a billionaire if you could harvest it and recycle

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 12:03 PM

Feb 2025

Aluminum. Plastic. Maybe not recycle it, but are they still working on plastic in paving material?

Chicken bones. Calcium. Fertilizer. Coral reefs.

We're doing a bit better at turning waste into raw materials, but still room to grow.

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What Will Our Physical Legacy Be? Layers Of Plastic, Middens Of Chicken Bones And Aluminum Cans, Lots Of Concrete [View all] hatrack Feb 2025 OP

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You could be a billionaire if you could harvest it and recycle bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #3

All of that... 2naSalit Feb 2025 #4