During the refurbishment of a railway station, copper cable is removed and kept separate from the other waste.
Statement 1: Recycling the copper reduces the need to obtain copper from finite metal ores.
Statement 2: A cable manufacturer has agreed to buy the recycled copper.
Statement 3: Transporting the copper to a distant recycling plant will use fuel.
Which statements support recycling the copper cable?
1 and 2 only
2 only
1 only
2 and 3 only
136 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Chemistry 6.1 Improving processes and products, covering 6.1.1 Extracting metals industrially and by electrolysis, 6.1.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling, 6.1.3 Biological methods of metal extraction, 6.1.4 The Haber process and the production of fertilisers, 6.1.5 Alloys and their uses, 6.1.6 Corrosion and its prevention, 6.1.7 Comparing and selecting materials, and 6.1.8 Industrial conditions, rate and position of equilibrium. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.