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Do you know what we call an area of land with lots of metal? A mine.

Depends on the metal. It can also be called a superfund site..

More like an ore deposit. Could turn it into a mine with some work.

I know I've heard at least recently that even biodegradeable materials will end up producing lots of methane in a landfill. Not an expert, clearly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xwLWb0lLY

Steel is bought locally for 4.5 cents per pound or more, depending on quality. Batteries at 18 cents, motherboards from your pc or laptop 2 dollars and up. So there is already an incentive for recycling.