What are the disadvantages of recycling aluminum cans?

Answer 1

not really sure about this s don't take my word for it but.....

to recycle copper there are many processes it needs to go through (i wont go into detail), these processes require a lot of heat energy, many possibly harmful chemicals and once the copper is clean, it needs to be shipped across countries (which is bad for he environment)

hope that has helped

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Answer 2

In mobile phones there is so little copper (about 16 grams) which is only worth about 4p, that it would only be worth the hassle if millions of phones were recycled at once! With the high prices for energy (heat and pressure), the extraction of the copper from these phones and the purification (through electrolysis) would be very expensive so again would need to be carried out in bulk for it to be worth the time and money. ---- this was the original answer before some nasty person deleted it :)

Answer 3

The problems with recycling copper is that due to the new raised prices in copper people are staring to take copper from peoples houses. These people are called Copper Thief's.

Another reason why you shouldn't recycle copper is that it's very expensive.

Answer 4

well if you yourself recycle something at home, you need to pay for the materials you need to use in order to create something else. Same with factories/establisments that recycle, they use up too much energy which may cause air pollution.

Answer 5

Cleanliness is the main disadvantage of recycling aluminum cans. It's important to rinse the can inside and out. Otherwise, the can's sweet contents may attract ants and wasps. Additionally, recycling requires storage space. The recycler needs to accumulate sufficient amounts of cans for driving to and from recycling facilities to be cost effective.

Answer 6

Sometimes, the recycling costs maybe rather high. While if the recycling techniques are not mature enough, it will cause secondary pollution.

Answer 7

Metals like Mercury, cadmium, lead leaches into the soil and ground water making them polluted soo

Answer 8

Copper is regularly recycled.

Also -> the recycling websites must be reliable i.e if they say give your phone and we'll give you £300 pound for it, they must mean it.