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  2. Paper Salvage 1939–50 - Wikipedia

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    According to government figures, less than 1,000 tons of scrap paper was salvaged each week in Britain before the war. By 1940, local authority collections had risen to 248,851 tons a year (30.8 per cent of total collections). This rose to a peak of 433,405 tons in 1942 (49.6 per cent of all collections); by which point 60 per cent of all new ...

  3. Cotton recycling - Wikipedia

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    Post-consumer cotton is textile waste that is collected after consumers have discarded the finished products, such as used apparel and household items. [1] Post-consumer cotton which is made with many color shades and fabric blends is labor-intensive to recycle because the different materials have to be separated before recycling. [1]

  4. Textile recycling - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical processing is a recycling method in which textile fabric is broken down while the fibers are still preserved. [5] Once shredded down, these fibers can be spun to create new fabrics. [5] This is the most commonly used technique to recycle textiles and is a process that is particularly well developed for cotton textiles. [5]

  5. Recycling by product - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, it was estimated that over 1 billion scrap tires were in stockpiles in the United States. As of 2015, only 67 million tires remain in stockpiles. [ 47 ] From 1994 to 2010, the European Union increased the amount of tires recycled from 25% of annual discards to nearly 95%, with roughly half of the end-of-life tires used for energy ...

  6. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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    High-purity scrap copper is melted in a furnace and then reduced and cast into billets and ingots. [18] Lower-purity scrap is melted to form black copper (70–90% pure, containing impurities such as iron, zinc, tin, and nickel), followed by oxidation of impurities in a converter to form blister copper (96–98% pure), which is then refined as ...

  7. It's Time to Ditch These 10 Cleaning Tips From Grandma - AOL

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    According to Forté, if your fabric color runs, it's probably because the item was not finished properly. Omar Shamsuddin - Getty Images. Using club soda to remove stains.

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