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  2. Recycling in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada has an extremely high rate of plastic waste of 3 million tonnes per year. [16] Out of all the material that Canadians dispose of in the recycling bin, 12% is exported to other countries, such as Malaysia, where it is processed and damages the environment and the health of the population. [ 17 ]

  3. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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    Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfills , conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

  4. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  5. Island Waste Management Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Recycling #1: any paper products (e.g.: newsprint, looseleaf. Recycling #2: any plastic products or metals (including tin and aluminium). On the bottom of most bottles and plastic containers is a number code surrounded by a recycling emblem, ranging from 1–7, permitting these plastic items to be recyclable.*

  6. Blue box recycling system - Wikipedia

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    The blue box recycling system (BBRS) was initially a waste management system used by Canadian municipalities to collect source separated household waste materials for the purpose of recycling. The first full-scale community wide BBRS was implemented in 1983 by the waste management contractor Ontario Total Recycling Systems Ltd. (a subsidiary of ...

  7. Canada–Philippines waste dispute - Wikipedia

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    The Canada–Philippines waste dispute was an international row over mislabeled Canadian garbage shipped to Manila by a recycling company. The 103 shipping containers that left from Vancouver in 2013–14 were labeled as recyclable plastics; they instead contained household waste.

  8. Recycling rates by country - Wikipedia

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    Recycling rates by country 2019 Country % recycling % composting % incineration with energy recovery % incineration without energy recovery % other recovery % landfill % other disposal Australia: 24.6 19.8 0.6 0 9.5 55 0 Austria: 26.5 32.6 38.9 0 0 2.1 0 Belgium: 34.1 20.6 42.3 0.5 1.6 0 0 Costa Rica: 3 3.8 0 0 0 86.5 6.7 Czech Republic: 22.8 11.7

  9. Recycling - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. Converting waste materials into new products This article is about recycling of waste materials. For recycling of waste energy, see Energy recycling. "Recycled" redirects here. For the album, see Recycled (Nektar album). The three chasing arrows of the universal recycling symbol Municipal ...

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