Recycling

Recycling paper:

-       Most paper manufactures are also recyclers

-       60% of new paper production comes from recycled paper

Recycling beverage cartons:

-       No need to sort composite cartons by hand

-       Computers can now sort the different types of waste

Tinplate recycling:

-       Steel scrap provides 40% of steel production

-       Aluminium can be recycled as often as desired without loosing quality

Aluminium recycling:

-       1/20 of energy is used to create secondary aluminium products

-       Scraps are returned to the recycling loop

Recycling glass:

-       2.7millions tons of glass are recycled every year

Recycling plastics:

-       Most plastics can be recycled into new products with same quality as raw plastic

-       PET can be recycled as often as desired

-       Mixed plastics can be used to produce window frames, long life palettes

Sorting innovations:

-       Automatic sorting plants cut costs by up to 50%






    Reflection: After watching these films I was shocked to learn that we don't recycle as much as what i thought. I was under the impression that we could recycle some materials 100% but because of quality control we can actually only use 10% of recycled material with 90% of new material. I Understand there would be a quality loss but for the sake of the environment its something manufactures should really consider. Even recycling materials with 50% of new material would be better. I think they should really increase this.