Re: Summer reading: The Garden of Evil

**John MacGregor j*@earthlink.net**

on 6/13/05 4:09 PM, Nancy Stedman at stedman@rcn.com wrote:

> Can someone explain to me what happens to the plants that have sopped up all
> the toxins? 

The plants are harvested and incinerated.  Then the metals are extracted and
reused by industry.  It should prove economically feasible with present
technology.  Recycling steel and aluminum is much cheaper than mining and
smelting new ore.

John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23

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