PPT-Theme 6 – Recycling and re-use (plastics, ceramics, wood and pulp and metals)

MEERI PAS Waste generation in the EU Total waste quantities continue to increase in most European countries In 2014 the total waste generated in the EU28 by all economic activities and households amounted to 2 503 million . By: Katie . Mohn. , Kelsey Loy, Jing . Xue. Hu, . RuiJuan. Sun, Michael Hartman, . Shiqi. Miao, . XiaoXiao. Wang, Samuel Dykstra. Introduction. Globally there has been a push for a greener, more environmentally friendly atmosphere and one method of accomplishing this goal is plastic recycling. to . recycling . codes on . plastics. What Do Recycling Symbols on Plastics Mean. ?. Number 1 Plastics. Found . in: . Soft drink, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; . An . I. nsider’s Perspective. Tom Pecorini. December 16, 2014. Tom Pecorini. Fellow in Polymers Technology Division. PhD from Lehigh University. Started at Eastman in 1992. Involved in many plastics development projects for SP. By: Allison Neumann. 3/6/12. How does a Recycling Machine Work?. First the items are sorted, glass, cardboard, . c. ommon plastics, and metal are removed from the plastics and paper. Then, after everything is sorted, the items are ready for new uses. Paper is shredded and mixed with water to create a pulp that is used for cardboard or newspaper. Glass is crushed by color and used to make new glass products. Plastic is used for various uses it’s melted or ground up. Metal is melted than made into new metal products. That’s how a recycling machine works. . We . use metals to make a wide variety of products, from cars to food cans, but there are limited supplies of metals on Earth. People are encouraged to recycle metals as often as possible, and electromagnets are used in the recycling process. . An . I. nsider’s Perspective. Tom Pecorini. December 16, 2014. Tom Pecorini. Fellow in Polymers Technology Division. PhD from Lehigh University. Started at Eastman in 1992. Involved in many plastics development projects for SP. Richard B. Phillips, PhD. North Carolina State University. richard_phillips@ncsu.edu. . Three Main Points. Growing imbalance between where paper and board are . consumed. and where wood fiber is. . Beverages in aluminum and glass containers retain their carbonization (i.e., “fizz”) for several years, whereas those in two-liter plastic bottles “go flat” within a few months. .. There is a plastic . for their . Rare . Earth Metals. Rare Earth Metals. There are 17 rare earth metals that make the high-tech gadgets in our lives possible. . Why Recycle . Rare Earth Metals?. We can save a lot of money by recycling the rare earth metals inside our old gadgets. Mining metals from underground is expensive, but taking apart old gadgets and reusing the metals is . Peter . Atanasov. , Daniel Femi- . Alemede. , Stefan.  . Loubry. , Lara Mayhew, Sophie Mowbray,  Kate Reddaway, Jonathan Teasdale, Phoebe Warren and Leo Wu. Circular Economy . Enablers and favorable system conditions. . Joachim QUODEN. Managing Director of EXPRA. REC Conference. Slovenia, . October. 17, 2019. EXPRA. . in a nutshell. 26. MEMBERS. industry-owned, non-profit. 25. of experience and expertise in the waste management field. 1.IntroductionAt the advent of the 21st century, mankind is facing global envi-in establishing recycling for the efficient utilization of our naturalresources. As a measure of the Japanese steel indu I. nsider’s Perspective. Tom Pecorini. December 16, 2014. Tom Pecorini. Fellow in Polymers Technology Division. PhD from Lehigh University. Started at Eastman in 1992. Involved in many plastics development projects for SP. A resource is anything that is useful to people. Natural resources can be divided into renewable and non-renewable resources.. A renewable resource can be used again and again, so is more sustainable, .