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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 1093562, member: 4373"]Recycling more metals wouldn't help to solve the equation unless the prices are high enough which some crooks will unfortunately find it more economical to rob and steal and of course at the same time, melting down historical items.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, it's the demand that keeps on outstripping supplies - while recycling only plays a fraction of it, it cannot possibly increase to over 50% of supply overnight. If we did care, we should on the other hand reduce demand on metals, not pushing for more recycling. <a href="http://www.silverinstitute.org/supply_demand.php#supply" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silverinstitute.org/supply_demand.php#supply" rel="nofollow">http://www.silverinstitute.org/supply_demand.php#supply</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I personally find this whole process pointless and it's just marketing a hype. Perhaps it would be more meaningful if it was sourced from a mine where there's no fatalities recorded but no, it doesn't happen that way. I don't know what the fatality rate of silver is, but it's not small.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 1093562, member: 4373"]Recycling more metals wouldn't help to solve the equation unless the prices are high enough which some crooks will unfortunately find it more economical to rob and steal and of course at the same time, melting down historical items. On the other hand, it's the demand that keeps on outstripping supplies - while recycling only plays a fraction of it, it cannot possibly increase to over 50% of supply overnight. If we did care, we should on the other hand reduce demand on metals, not pushing for more recycling. [url]http://www.silverinstitute.org/supply_demand.php#supply[/url] I personally find this whole process pointless and it's just marketing a hype. Perhaps it would be more meaningful if it was sourced from a mine where there's no fatalities recorded but no, it doesn't happen that way. I don't know what the fatality rate of silver is, but it's not small.[/QUOTE]
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