re: #296 suse

Yes, it was a while ago (ten years is a very long time now? egads I’m old), but it showed a significant amount of recycling Al then and a significant cost saving to recycling Al vs smelting from ores. I don’t think the cost of recycling vs. smelting would have changed negatively in the time since.

All I know is that here in eastern Kentucky there has been no market encouraging aluminum recycling for more than a year. Last time I checked (a few months ago) it was about 8 cents a pound.
It all just piles up and eventually gets sent to China.