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Aluminum Recycling
Economics
Although public support for recycling as a means of achieving social goals is wide-
spread, in the end recycling is not a religious activity. It is not carried out by people
who are trying to save the planet. Recycling is carried out by people and organiza-
tions who are trying to earn a prot. They face competition from other recyclers and
from producers of primary material and do not control the price of their product.
Their success depends on their ability to purchase raw materials at the lowest pos-
sible price and process them at the lowest possible cost. As a result, the economics
of recycling is an important ...