RT null T1 How Metals Determine Our Lives A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 International Resource Panel, K1 metal K1 recycling YR 2011 FD 2011 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31435 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31435 NO Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean technologies such as batteries for hybrid cars or magnets in wind turbines. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 19, 2026