1) What will happen to the world if there are no more metals?
Metal is important to our society because if we didnt have metal we wouldn't be able to have the everyday living things we have today.
E.g kettles to make tea and coffee, toasters to make toast, chairs so we can sit on.
So therefore, if the world doesn't have metals anymore. we would not be able to have our daily necessities. We won't have buildings, computers, metal cans and more.
Vehicles and more cannot be made, no transportation. No place to put our food/clothing at. No more cell phones, no more coins and alot more.
2) Is it important to recycle metal?
Yes it is important to recycle metals!
3) Thus what are the reasons to recycling metals? Isn't it easier to obtain metals through its original form through extraction of metals?
- To ensure enough metals for experiments. If we simply throw away the old metals and use the new ones, earth would have scarce resource of metals in future.
- Even though aluminum and iron are the third and fourth most abundant elements in Earth's crust, the amount of energy used in refining and smelting aluminum and iron or steel is higher than the amount of energy used in reprocessing used metal products such as cans and other sorts of scrap metal.
- Carbon dioxide emissions and the use of clean water are also less in reprocessing previously refined metals.
In the recycling of metals, what are some of the effects it has on the environment?
4) Think of the reactive ways that we can also play a part in recycling metals?
Scrap Metal Dealers
Contact local scrap metal dealers, who may accept household appliances such as stoves and cooking pans, automotive parts such as wheels and axles and construction materials such as plumbing and sheeting products, notes the Douglas County Public Works Department (OR). The facilities can give specific data on materials accepted, prices paid per type of metal and fees that may be incurred for materials requiring disassembly, such as propane tanks with valves.
