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2006-10-31 11:36:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment

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Recycling is the reprocessing of materials into new products. This is in contrast with reuse: collecting waste such as food containers to be cleaned, refilled and resold.

You have not specified which thing to be recycled so just have a look at his link as it specifies the processes of recycling different things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling

Thanks.♥

2006-10-31 11:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1 0

There are three parts to the recycling process, each one essential to making the system work: collection, manufacturing and buying. These three components are so important that they are represented by the three "chasing arrows" of the recycling logo.

1. Collection- In this phase, materials are separated from the waste stream and prepared to become raw materials. Different cities and municipalities have different systems for sorting and collecting materials that can be recycled. At Stanford, we collect recyclables through the curbside and campus recycling program and the public drop off center. Once collected, we sort the material on campus into various categories.

2. Manufacturing - Using Recycled Materials Instead Of Virgin Raw Materials.
Recovering the materials is just the first step. There must also be a market for it - companies that want the materials and are able to remanufacture them into consumer products. Sometimes these companies have to invest a significant amount of money in adapting their manufacturing processes to accommodate the use of recycled materials in their products.

3.Buying - "Close The Loop" By Buying Products With Recycled Content.

In order to make recycling economically viable, there must be a market for recycled products. If people buy them, companies will be encouraged to make them, and the whole system works.

2006-11-02 19:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by MTAWAMI 2 · 2 0

Well, I'm not burying myself in it.

The ditch that I throw everything that won't burn in
has plenty off room to last another 50 years easy. And that's just the ditch that's been in use for 50 years or so already. There's more ditches where that one came from (they're on my property also - it's not like I'm littering).

2006-10-31 20:05:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jon W 5 · 0 0

could save the planet. We have enough aluminum cans to make all the fleets of air planes we currently have today.
We are burying ourselves in garbage.

2006-10-31 19:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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