Tag: recycling
Study: Scientific advances can make it easier to recycle plastics
Improving methods to recycle existing plastic materials key priority By Jeannie Kever, University of Houston Most of the 150 million tons of plastics produced around the world every year end up in landfills, the oceans and elsewhere. Less than 9 per cent of plastics are recycled in the United States, rising to about 30 percent in […]
Recovering and recycling paper has saved energy
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries estimates energy saved using recycled material versus virgin materials high as 68% The recovery, or recycling, of paper and paperboard has increased from 34 per cent of supply in 1990 to 67 per cent of supply in 2015, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Most of this recovered paper is consumed in the […]
Increased recycling may reduce metals sector energy use in China
China produces the most aluminum and steel in the world, while having much lower recycling rates than the USA China produces more steel and aluminum than any other country. Secondary production, or producing metal from recycled scrap metal, is the primary opportunity to reduce the country’s energy intensity for both of these industries, because secondary production […]
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