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Urban mining potential<br />
Offers significant environmental and ethical advantages<br />
Urban mining prevents impact from non-recycling,<br />
such as hazardous emissions and use on land<br />
Recycling mitigates environmental impacts of<br />
mining<br />
16<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Less land & water use, less pressure on ecosystem<br />
Lower energy consumption and lower CO2 footprint<br />
for majority of metals<br />
<strong>Umicore</strong> Hoboken produces 70,000 t metals/year<br />
emitting theoretically ~1M t CO 2 less than primary<br />
metal production<br />
Recycling also offers ethical sourcing possibilities<br />
•<br />
Supply chain transparency can be increased<br />
tonne CO 2 /<br />
tonne primary<br />
metal<br />
10,000<br />
200<br />
10<br />
0<br />
≈<br />
≈<br />
Pt<br />
In<br />
Cu<br />
Au<br />
Pd<br />
Sn<br />
Ru<br />
Ag<br />
Co<br />
Source:Ecoinvent 2.0, EMPA/ETH-<br />
Zürich, 2007
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