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  2. Recycling - Wikipedia

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    It can also prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reducing energy use, air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling). Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" waste hierarchy.

  3. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Recycling materials waiting to be barged away on the Chicago River Trash and recycle bin at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Recycling statistics (ca. 2014) [16] with similar numbers as of 2015 [17] An average of approximately 258 million tons of trash is generated by the United States in 2014 34.6% was recycled; 12.8% was combusted for ...

  4. 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 landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [4] [5] [6] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

  5. Do you trust plastic recycling? What really happens to the ...

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    O’Neill said Boise is doing a better job of recycling than many major U.S. cities, where recycling and trash all end up in a single stream destined for landfills. But the biggest solutions are ...

  6. Is recycling worth it? We dove into recycling in Raleigh and ...

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    Does recycling really help the environment or is it a resource-wasting racket? We followed plastic (and glass) through the process to see what happens.

  7. Waste valorization - Wikipedia

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    Waste valorization, beneficial reuse, beneficial use, value recovery or waste reclamation [1] is the process of waste products or residues from an economic process being valorized (given economic value), by reuse or recycling in order to create economically useful materials.

  8. Exxon Mobil says advanced recycling is the answer to plastic ...

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    Advanced recycling, which is also called chemical recycling, is an umbrella term that typically involves heating or dissolving plastic waste to create fuel, chemicals and waxes — a fraction of ...

  9. Zero waste - Wikipedia

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    The waste sent to landfills may be harvested as useful materials, such as in the production of solar energy or natural fertilizer/de-composted manure for crops. It may also be reused and recycled for something that we can actually use. [31] "The success of General Motors in creating zero-landfill facilities shows that zero-waste goals can be a ...

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