In an arid country like Australia, we need to make sure we do our best to conserve water and we’ve come up with a way that will help industry do just that.
It involves life cycle analysis, and it can calculate the amount of water used – both directly and indirectly – in the production of metals.
To give you an idea, we calculated that it takes 1600 litres of water to make the 19 kilograms of copper in an average medium-sized car. Add up the water required to make all of the other metals found in your car and you’re practically driving around a swimming pool! Read more
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