I was good for you to truthfully represent how you would treat the metal, but that is irrelevant to the matter of whether it was bad for you to entropize metal that could have been put to better use.
Not to worry, Clippy, recycling is terribly inefficient as compared to just throwing materials into landfills and producing some more, and nothing prevents us from going back to retrieve the metal later when we have more efficient techniques.
On Saturday, New Haven residents, people who live in other nearby assorted Havens, and anybody else who would like to trek out here are welcomed to a Less Wrong meetup in thomblake's and my home at noon(ish). The address is thus:
173 Russo Ave Unit 406
East Haven, CT 06513
I will make food; if you plan to come and wish to submit food-related requests, say so.