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Thule AB officials turn 15K tons of scrap metal into $1M
WORTH ITS WEIGHT Piping, fuel tanks and other scrop metal weighing more than 15.000 tons had accumulated at Thule Air Base, Greenland, during the last 15 years. An increase in scrap metal prices allowed a recycling project that netted the base a check for more than $1 million when a recycling company came in and hauled the scrap off the island. SO WHAT DOES 15,000 T ONS EQUAL? 15.000 TONS = 30,000.00O LBS OR 1,587 F-16 FIGHTING FALCONS 359 c-130 HERCULES 9 C-5 GALAXIES ITEMS ROUNDED TO NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER
Thule AB officials turn 15K tons of scrap metal into $1M
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THULE AIR BASE, Greenland (AFNS) -- Officials here were able to turn a 15,000 ton mound of scrap metal into more than $1 million and help clean the environment while they were at it.
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