I've been looking at Landfill mining this afternoon,
I think we can expect that to be a big thing in the next decade. As they get better at getting rid of the 75% which is just soil.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 16:56, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Some estimates say for every 50 acre site there will be about 240,000 tons of steel and 20,000 tons of aluminum
$470 per ton for steel at the moment.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 16:59, Reply)

see i wondered why they weren't doing this already
those shit heaps are like recycling goldmines
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:01, Reply)

The problems seem to be
that there aren't any specific machines to mine scrap heaps designed. So they have to use normal earth moving equipment which doesn't really like having fridges dropped on it.
Plus asbestos and trapped methane gas.
Still those problems could be sorted fairly easily with a bit of thought.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:04, Reply)

They should take 'urban mining' one step further and recycle Sunderland

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:09, Reply)

do you know how when they recycle paper it comes out worse than before, so the toilet roll is really shitty?
imagine if they did that to Sunderland
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:10, Reply)

Really shitty?
Recycled toilet paper is RECYCLED TOILET PAPER WITH SHIT ON?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:11, Reply)

well if it hadn't been used before then it wouldn't be recycled
DUH
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:11, Reply)

it's not usually recycled from toilet paper.
it's recycled from, well, recycled paper. So it might have Daily Mail on it, actually, so I'll take my chances with shit.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:23, Reply)

i know and they wash it right?
cos i don't wanna be wiping my bum with no snot rag
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:27, Reply)

altho sometimes i do with my own, for the economies sake

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:28, Reply)

£900 per ton of alluminium.
I know I'm mixing currency, shut up.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:02, Reply)

Don't lie.
You've been looking at Marmite mining this afternoon and we all know it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:07, Reply)

Nope, that's for later.
It's a fucking goldmine monts, you're talking about £10's of millions of pounds per landfill. If you can keep the costs down enough.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:15, Reply)

It's something I've been predicting for some time, actually.
People will be going through that shit like Indian slum-kids and will not fucking believe what we used to throw away.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 17:16, Reply)