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2. Recycling by product - Wikipedia

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   Textiles are made of a variety of materials including cotton, wool, synthetic plastics, linen, modal and a variety of other materials. The textile's composition will affect its durability and method of recycling. Textiles entering the re-cycling stream are sorted and separated by workers into good quality clothing and shoes which can be reused ...

3. Packaging - Wikipedia

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   Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use.

4. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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   Recycling codes. 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. Textile recycling - Wikipedia

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   Textile recycling is the process of recovering fiber, yarn, or fabric and reprocessing the material into new, useful products. [1] Textile waste is split into pre-consumer and post-consumer waste and is sorted into five different categories derived from a pyramid model.

6. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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   A watering can made from recycled bottles. Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable ...

7. Recycling - Wikipedia

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   Municipal waste recycling rate (%), 2015. Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. This concept often includes the recovery of energy from waste materials. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the properties it had in its original state. [ 1 ]