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"Biological metabolism——Things go back to the soil should all be safe in soil.So that's biological nutrient. This is aluminum, pure aluminum. This is what we should call a technical nutrient. And this gets plug through industrial cycles over and over again. Today's a chair, tomorrow may be an airplane part, could be a can. So that's cradle to cradle in terms of materials."

What does "And this gets plug through industrial cycles over and over again. " mean in the paragraph? The sentence really bothers me(Actually so does the whole paragraph...

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This is really long...
"Biological metabolism——Things go back to the soil should all be safe in soil.So that's biological nutrient. This is aluminum, pure aluminum. This is what we should call a technical nutrient. And this gets plug through industrial cycles over and over again. Today's a chair, tomorrow may be an airplane part, could be a can. So that's cradle to cradle in terms of materials."

What does "And this gets plug through industrial cycles over and over again. " mean in the paragraph? The sentence really bothers me(Actually so does the whole paragraph...>

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Hi August
Aluminium is unusually versatile because once it has been extracted from the earth as bauxite and then turned into Aluminium, it can be re-used over and over again.  It does not degrade easily, so you can melt it down and turn it into something else over and over again.  This is the 'cradle to cradle' aspect of the cycle - you never have to throw it away.  It's easier and much cheaper to recycle than it is to extract from the raw material. The sentence ' And this gets plug through industrial cycles over and over again.' is another (slightly peculiar) way of saying that it can be used many times in industrial applications.

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