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Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when…