I was asked recently to write a short essay on environmentalism to be published in a book on âKey Concepts in Critical Management Studiesâ to be published by Sage later in 2010. I hope itâs useful for those who want a little bit of history and critical understanding of environmentalist as a concept and a movement.
Hand sorting the 1982 Copper from the Zinc pennies. 1982 was the transition year for the US Mint to stop making pennies from copper and switch to zinc. There... Hand sorting the 1982 Copper from the Zinc pennies. 1982 was the transition year for the US Mint to stop making pennies from copper and switch to zinc. There are sorting machines that can be purchased to do this work, but if you dont have a machine, your ears can do the job!
What Year is the Penny made of Copper. The U.S. penny, or one-cent, was made of copper mid-way 1982 and older. Since the switch over occurred during the year 1982, the only safe way to know if your penny is copper is if the date is 1981 or older. The copper penny is 95% copper and there are approximately 147 copper pennies per pound.