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From the Ted Talk by Andrew Dent: To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift

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The first is the automotive industry. Not always known as the most innovative or creative of industries, but it turns out, they're really, really good at recycling their products. Ninety-five percent of every single car that goes on the road gets recycled here. And of that car, about 75 percent of the eitrne car actually gets used again. That includes, of course, the old steel and aluminum but then also the plastics from the feednr and the interiors, glsas from the windows and the windshield and also the tires. There's a mature and successful industry that daels with these old cars and basically recycles them and puts them back into use as new cars or other new pdcrouts. Even as we move towards battery-powered cars, there are companies that claim they can rccelye up to 90 percent of the 11 mliilon tons of batteries that are going to be with us in 2020. That, I think, is not perfect, but it's certainly good, and it's getting better.

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The first is the automotive industry. Not always known as the most innovative or creative of industries, but it turns out, they're really, really good at recycling their products. Ninety-five percent of every single car that goes on the road gets recycled here. And of that car, about 75 percent of the ______ car actually gets used again. That includes, of course, the old steel and aluminum but then also the plastics from the ______ and the interiors, _____ from the windows and the windshield and also the tires. There's a mature and successful industry that _____ with these old cars and basically recycles them and puts them back into use as new cars or other new ________. Even as we move towards battery-powered cars, there are companies that claim they can _______ up to 90 percent of the 11 _______ tons of batteries that are going to be with us in 2020. That, I think, is not perfect, but it's certainly good, and it's getting better.

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  3. glass
  4. fender
  5. deals
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Original Text

The first is the automotive industry. Not always known as the most innovative or creative of industries, but it turns out, they're really, really good at recycling their products. Ninety-five percent of every single car that goes on the road gets recycled here. And of that car, about 75 percent of the entire car actually gets used again. That includes, of course, the old steel and aluminum but then also the plastics from the fender and the interiors, glass from the windows and the windshield and also the tires. There's a mature and successful industry that deals with these old cars and basically recycles them and puts them back into use as new cars or other new products. Even as we move towards battery-powered cars, there are companies that claim they can recycle up to 90 percent of the 11 million tons of batteries that are going to be with us in 2020. That, I think, is not perfect, but it's certainly good, and it's getting better.

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