Recycling
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Victorinox Recycled Ripstop Down VestKeep yourself warm and your conscious clear with the Victorinox Recycled Ripstop Down Vest ($200). Made with a shiny recycled polyester outer, down fill, and nylon lining, this close-fitting quilted vest also features contrast piping, a... In this article: Recycled, Victorinox, and RSS Feed |
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Huffington Post | 1 day ago
Taiwan Firm Crafts Stylish Shoes From Recycled Paper
...have a fondness for novelty. Since the products were launched late last year, the firm has sold about 4,000 pairs of shoes made of recycled papers, Lin said, a fraction of its many lines of footwear. Both the shoes and tote bags are very...
In this article: Taiwan, Recycled, Europe, Taipei, and United States
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MoCo Loco | 1 day ago
Ty Recyclable Shower Curtain by Grain
Unleash your inner Marti Guixe with Grain's off-gas-free Ty Recyclable Shower Curtain. Comes with a permanent marker to draw a custom design on your Ty. Ty Shower Curtain Giveaway: tell us what you would draw on your Ty... leave a comment...
In this article: Recyclable
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UCF Newsroom | 2 days ago
UCF Student-Led Green Projects Get National Shout-Out
By Kimberly Lewis Nov. 19, 2009 "Knights Pick Up" is a roving trash and recycling pick-up service that travels throughout the tailgating areas on football game days to encourage recycling. Two student-led sustainability projects at the...
In this article: University of Central Florida, Biodiesel, National Wildlife Federation, and Biofuel
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Prime Newswire | 2 days ago
Photo Release -- AERT World Class Plastic Recycling Project Nearing Startup
...consumed in over 23,000 passenger vehicles. Greenhouse gas generation is also reduced as a result of recycling polyethylene. According to the EPA, recycling one ton of low density polyethylene results in saving 1.71 metric tons of CO2...
In this article: Polyethylene, EPA, Waste, Oklahoma, Watts, Oklahoma, Springdale, and Arkansas
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Energy Dept. walks the walk with smart building
Exterior walls feature an insulated precast concrete panel system. Water will flow through piping in the floors to warm or cool the air. Recycled materials include reclaimed natural gas pipes as the columns to support the floors and...
In this article: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy, Colorado, Natural gas, and Recycled
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Treehugger | 4 days ago
Recycled, Native, Socially Aware Eco Design from Argentina at Sustentable Festival [PHOTOS]
...out of the streets in poor neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Last but not least, a bicycle for handicapped people made by the firm Rodamax. Recycled, Native, Socially Aware Eco Design from Argentina at Sustentable Festival [PHOTOS] Photos:...
In this article: Recycled, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sustainable design
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 5 days ago
A waste timebomb that must be defused
...Waste Policy now exists, much of the detail is still to be set in stone. Under the banner of the National Recycling Initiative (NRI), recyclers, waste managers and the community sector have joined forces to deliver these details, laying out a...
In this article: Waste, Australia, Peter Garrett, Arsenic, Kevin Rudd, Perth, Western Australia, Queensland, and Indonesia
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PR Newswire: Beer - Wine & Spirits | November 13, 2009
Video: Anheuser-Busch's U.S. Breweries Keep Focus on Recycling
...a tradition that still continues today. "We hope Americans across the country will join us in our passion for recycling," said Kraemer. "Recycling in our breweries is just one aspect of our overall environmental initiatives that are...
In this article: Anheuser-Busch, U.S., St. Louis, Cattle, Waste, and Grupo Modelo
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Stuff | November 11, 2009
Recycled raffia tops Cult-Couture awards
...winning garment was in the Redylcled Revolution category and was inspired by New Zealand's unique Pacific identity and the challenges of recycling man-made products such as plastics and glass. "Eco Chic is all about making the most of...
In this article: Recycled, Recession, Waste, and Nicole Richie
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 09, 2009
Recycled pictures of Michelle Obama and the Queen
An artist has made intricate images of celebrities such as Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela and the Queen out of thousands of recycled items. Artist Janet Perkins with some of her portraits. Photo: Mark Sutherland/SWNS.COM Jane Perkins,...
In this article: Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, Recycled, Boris Johnson, Barack Obama, and Exeter, Devon
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Recycling involves processing used materials into new products in order to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste management and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" waste hierarchy.
Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics. Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste – such as food or garden waste – is not typically considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.
In a strict sense, recycling of a material would produce a fresh supply of the same material, for example used office paper to more office paper, or used foamed polystyrene to more polystyrene. However, this is often difficult or too expensive (compared with producing the same product from raw materials or other sources), so "recycling" of many products or materials involves their reuse in producing different materials (e.g., cardboard) instead. Another form of recycling is the salvage of certain materials from complex products, either due to their intrinsic value (e.g., lead from car batteries, or gold from computer components), or due to their hazardous nature (e.g., removal and reuse of mercury from various items).
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