Recycling

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into reusable objects to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, energy usage, air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by decreasing the need for "conventional" waste disposal and lowering greenhouse gas emissions compared to plastic production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" waste hierarchy.

There are some ISO standards related to recycling such as ISO 15270:2008 for plastics waste and ISO 14001:2004 for environmental management control of recycling practice.

Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, tires, textiles and electronics. The composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste—such as food or garden waste—is also considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection centre or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned and reprocessed into new materials destined for manufacturing.

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University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Receives Grant to Launch Styrofoam Recycling Project

Scrap Monster 10 Dec 2024
But with that comes more than 900 pounds of EPS waste per month — more than five tons a year ... Because EPS waste isn’t currently accepted by local recycling programs, it goes into landfills ... Eco Development compresses and densifies EPS to turn it into blocks, then sells the material to other companies in the U.S....
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Better ways to recover metals needed for technology from electronic waste could benefit the environment ...

The Conversation 03 Dec 2024
One response has been from the Royal Mint, which has opened a recycling plant to recover 450kg of gold from 4,000 tonnes of e-waste per year – potentially enough for around 13 million phones ... Chris Elgar receives funding from EPSRC grant EP/W018632/1 'Technology critical metal recycling using ultrasonics and catalytic etchants (SonoCat)' ....

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