Thousands of brass casings were left on firing ranges.
Every range I’ve ever gone to, we were not allowed to leave until the brass was policed up. And when we turned it in they weighed it and we were only allowed a small percentage of loss. If we were over that we had to go back to the range and find more.
Notice how the article avoids mentioning how much the general’s wet dreams cost to implement? Just a typical feel good article that focuses on “benefits” alone. How much did the solar equipment cost to install? To maintain/repair? How “sustainable” is solar power at night? How much labor was required to process the recycled crap?
There’s no free lunch - except in politics and media.