Palladium | Gas | Gold | Oil | Lithium | Copper | Manganèse | Oil | Iron |
Silver | Oil | Gas | Terres rares | Rare-earth elements | Cadmium | Lithium | Iron | Oil |
Gas |
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Gold |
Nickel | Gas | Rare-earth elements | Oil | Gold | Lithium | Indium | Rare-earth elements | Tungsten |
Iron | Oil | Rare-earth elements | Silver | Oil | Gas | Lithium | Iron | Oil |
They are used to making all of the products we use |
Yet our appetite is growing |
We produce 4 billion metric tons of waste every year |
and we only recycle one billion of it. |
If properly recycled, this waste can be a valuable resource |
It can provide a new source of energy and materials |
Instead of being tossed in the garbage, these consumer goods are disassembled and used to provide new resources, such as high-quality polymers (plastics) suitable for use as secondary raw materials to create new products, like these bathroom scales made by a leading French manufacturer of household appliances.