RECYCLING
First Step
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1. Find out what you can and can not recycle
Second Step
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2. Get your bins. The basic rule with recycling bins is to have a recycling bin wherever you have a trash bin.
Recyclable
39%
6%
Problem Materials
19%
Compostable
36%
Third Step
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3. Give your local city waste management a call to get you started with their curbside pick-up recycling program.
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Fourth Step
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4. Reduce, reuse, recycle. The last step in getting started is to use less and reuse what you can. Most containers and recyclable goods can be reused for another purpose before you throw them out.
Types of Recycling
Mechanical recycling
Mechanical recycling preserves the molecular structure. It mechanically crushes the plastic and remelts it into granulate. This granulate is then used to make new plastic products.
Energy recycling
Energy recycling is the recovery of energy that would normally be wasted in industrial processes by flaring, exhausting to the atmosphere, or operating low-efficiency equipment, and converting it into electricity or thermal energy.
Chemical recycling
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Chemical recycling is any process when a polymer is chemically reduced to its original monomer form so that it can eventually be remade into new plastic materials.