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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. It is an alternative to "conventional" waste disposal that can save material and help lower greenhouse gas emissions. 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. It promotes environmental sustainability by removing raw material input and redirecting waste output in the economic system. There are some ISO standards related to recycling, such as ISO 15270:2008 for plastics waste and ISO 14001:2015 for environmental management control of recycling practice. Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, cardboard, metal, plastic, tires, textiles, batteries, and electronics. The composting and other reuse of biodegradable waste—such as food and garden waste—is also a form of recycling. Materials for recycling are either delivered to a household recycling center or picked up from curbside bins, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials for manufacturing new products. In ideal implementations, recycling a material produces a fresh supply of the same material—for example, used office paper would be converted into new office paper, and used polystyrene foam into new polystyrene. Some types of materials, such as metal cans, can be remanufactured repeatedly without losing their purity. With other materials, this is often difficult or too expensive (compared with producing the same product from raw materials or other sources), so "recycling" of many products and materials involves their reuse in producing different materials (for example, paperboard). Another form of recycling is the salvage of constituent materials from complex products, due to either their intrinsic value (such as lead from car batteries and gold from printed circuit boards), or their hazardous nature (e.g. removal and reuse of mercury from thermometers and thermostats). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Waste material recovery in the South Island: policies for encouraging recycling
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Waste minimisation and environmental education in the Buller District
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Recycling in rural areas. A process model for substantive design
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An application of soft systems methodology on a holistic level: Recommendations for developing and implementing green ICT strategies in New Zealand
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Transforming waste : textile design process intervention : adding value to wool waste
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Investigating environmental and health risks of greywater use in New Zealand
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Material development : adding value to wool waste through innovative design
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Renewing Materials: 3D Printing and Distributed Recycling Disrupting Samoa's Plastic Waste Stream
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The Gamification of Recycling Behaviour
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Vermicomposting, waste recycling and plant growth
Couture Récup'
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The structural reuse of Pinus Radiata in New Zealand
Recyclage, le grand enfumage
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Turning waste into useful materials: fabrication of titanium alloy matrix composite from the Ti-6Al-4V swarf
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Law No. 14260 of December 8, 2021
Neue Dinge aus alten Stoffen
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