9. From which the materials can be extracted and reused…
It is not just the most valuable of materials that are being mined, either. Increasingly, the process is being used to describe the reclamation of other valuable goods from waste, from glass and cardboard to plastics. Indeed, everywhere you look, value can be found.
“To some, it’s just a mountain of garbage,” Nozomu Yamanaka, manager of the Eco-Systems recycling plant, told Reuters. “But for others it’s a gold mine.”