Apropos of really nothing … it’s not very often that you can guess what, precisely, will become of your recycling. But if you are a resident of Seoul, and your apartment was recently demolished, then I can give you some assurance that it has made its way into the grip of one of these grapples, and will soon be somebody’s shiny new Hyundai. Yes, Hyundai – and that’s all I’m saying right now.
It’s been that kind of week, really, and I am – to quote the poet – porous with travel fever. Still, with little time and energy, I managed to enjoy Saturday’s Telegraph report on the – well, the headline said it all, really: “Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges.” No offense to anybody, but with that kind of track record I’m all but certain that the folks running the Seoul-area scrap grapple cranes are having a greener impact – though surely not enjoying such fine hotel accommodations.
Okay, I’ll venture that these apartment buildings erected by Hyundai Construction and now being torn down will in some measure be recycled into construction materials for another apartment complex by Hyundai, autos just a part of the materials equation.
scottloar – you are quite obviously someone experienced in the ways of Korean conglomerates.