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Recycling
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What are 2 ways to deal with solid waste?
• Waste management = control the outputs of the life cycle of a product by recycling and reusing
• Waste reduction = control the inputs of the life cycle of a product, by using less.
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Where does out waste go?
• 54% = landfills• 13% = incinerated• 25% = recycled• 8% = composted
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Where does Electronic waste usually go?
• Undeveloped countries = countries will less money and industry. – i.e. Undeveloped parts of China
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Why do countries lie about recycling?
• Because they can make money from a small amount of valuable materials. • Workers recover a small amount of valuable metals from
the waste and the remainder is burned and dumped in landfills releasing toxic pollutants.
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Which Law is supposed to prevent countries from sending waste dangerous waste to other countries?
• The international Basal Convention Law
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What are 2 types of recycling?
• Closed loop recycling• Open loop recycling
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What is closed loop recycling?
• Materials that are converted into new products of the same type. – i.e. Aluminum can Aluminum can
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What is open-loop recycling?
• Waste materials are converted into different products. – i.e. plastic bottles fleece jacket or bag
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How do we encourage recycling?
Government• Government can make laws
to encourage recycling.
Citizens• Citizens can make their own
choices to recycle.
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What can be recycled?
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Review Question 1- #1
• What controls the amount of waste that is produced in the outputs of the life cycle of a product?
Reusing and Recycling will reduce the outputs of waste.
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Review Question 2 - #2
• What prevents waste from ever entering the waste cycle?
Reducing how much you buy and how much you use.
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Review Question 3- #3
• What products can be recycled?
Paper PlasticCardboardAluminum metalGlass
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Question 4 - #1
• What percent of waste goes to landfills?
54%
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Question 5 - #2
• What percent of waste is recycled?
25%
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Question 6 - #3• What is the order of the 3 R’s in order of the
ones that uses the LEAST ENERGY to the MOST ENERGY?
ReduceReuseRecycle
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Question 7 - #1
• When people lie about recycling, where does it usually go?
70% of US Electronic waste goes to Undeveloped Countries (Poor Countries)
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Question 8 - #2
• What is the difference between open loop recycling and closed loop recycling?
Open loop recycling is when a product is recycled, and made into a different product.
Closed loop recycling is when a product is recycled, and made into the same product.
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Question 9 - #3
• What is the International Basal Convention Law?
The law that tries to stop countries from dumping their waste into undeveloped countries.