Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only purifies iron but produces “reactivated cement” as a byproduct. If done using renewable energy, the…
If you think “recycling” a thing means throwing part of it away, then adding some fundamental non-renewable component in order to make the same thing again, or that “recycling” is not the same as “circular production”… maybe you’ve not only been lied to, but also brainwashed?
Also, yeah that’s literally how recycling works… do you think they recycle the labels on glass bottles? no they burn them off to get the glass. Then they make a new bottle, then they put new labels on it. literally doing exactly what you’re saying “isn’t recycling”.
Still, that’s not at all what happens when recycling concrete.
If you think “recycling” a thing means throwing part of it away, then adding some fundamental non-renewable component in order to make the same thing again, or that “recycling” is not the same as “circular production”… maybe you’ve not only been lied to, but also brainwashed?
Also, yeah that’s literally how recycling works… do you think they recycle the labels on glass bottles? no they burn them off to get the glass. Then they make a new bottle, then they put new labels on it. literally doing exactly what you’re saying “isn’t recycling”.
Still, that’s not at all what happens when recycling concrete.