What are the disadvantages of Recycling?

DISADVANTAGES: - collection and transport of used items needs organisation, workers, vehicles and fuel - can be difficult to sort different metals from one another - the sorted metal may need to be transported to where it can be turned into ingots Amount of sorting depends on: - purity of the mixture of metals/materials - How pure you want the final material to be (copper wires need v/high purity ∴ waste copper will need processing, but construction steel doesn't need high purity