In the US EPA laws are going backwards (less restrictive, much less money to police, and few getting prosecuted outside of small companies) so I don't see any laws making it more expensive to recycle materials. It is much cheaper to recycle computer chips and boards for gold and copper then it is to dig it out of the ground (cleaner as well).
If the %^&* did hit the fan, the only thing worth anything will be guns, food, and fuel. What exactly do you think those gold and silver coins will be worth under those conditions, how exactly will you do exchanges and keep yourself from getting robbed?
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