Louise Power said:
>I think I read somewhere that aluminum is one of those things that is almost more expensive to recycle than it is to make.
From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium>:
>Recovery of the metal via recycling has become an important facet of the aluminium industry. Recycling involves melting the scrap, a process that uses only five percent of the energy needed to produce aluminium from ore. However, a significant part (up to 15% of input material) is lost as dross (ash-like oxide).
Mark Minton
