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The quality of recyclate not only supports high-quality recycling, but it can also deliver significant environmental benefits by reducing, reusing, and keeping products out of landfills. [44] High-quality recycling can support economic growth by maximizing the value of waste material. [44] Higher income levels from the sale of quality recyclates can return value significant to local governments, households and businesses. [44] Pursuing high-quality recycling can also promote consumer and business confidence in the waste and resource management sector, and may encourage investment in it. United Nations (2017) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017, Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ( A/RES/71/313) Economist Steven Landsburg, author of a paper entitled "Why I Am Not an Environmentalist", [33] claimed that paper recycling actually reduces tree populations. He argues that because paper companies have incentives to replenish their forests, large demands for paper lead to large forests while reduced demand for paper leads to fewer "farmed" forests. [34] A metal scrap worker is pictured burning insulated copper wires for copper recovery at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Huesemann, Michael H. (2003). "The limits of technological solutions to sustainable development". Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 5 (1): 21–34. doi: 10.1007/s10098-002-0173-8. S2CID 55193459.

Sweeep Kuusakoski – Glass Recycling – BBC filming of CRT furnace". www.sweeepkuusakoski.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020 . Retrieved 31 July 2015. An alternative way to increase the supply of recyclates is to ban the disposal of certain materials as waste, often including used oil, old batteries, tires, and garden waste. This can create a viable economy for the proper disposal of the products. Care must be taken that enough recycling services exist to meet the supply, or such bans can create increased illegal dumping. [5] Government-mandated demand [ edit ] Further research and innovation is required in a range of areas including water miscible binders, binderless electrodes, and methods of recycling current binder of choice (polyvinylidene difluoride).

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Recycling plastic means creating less new plastic, which is definitely a good thing, especially as it's usually made from fossil fuel hydrocarbons. Werner, Debra (21 October 2019). "Made in Space to launch commercial recycler to space station". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023 . Retrieved 22 October 2019. Plants are considered limited resources. If a lot of pressure is exerted on these natural resources, they might be depleted fast. The only way to dramatically stop the pressure applied to these resources is recycling. Statistics, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, show that recycling one ton of paper saves up about 17 trees as well as 17,000 gallons of water. 3. Reduces Carbon Emissions 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. [1] 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). Hook, Leslie; Reed, John (24 October 2018). "Why the world's recycling system stopped working". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018 . Retrieved 25 October 2018.

For a recycling program to work, a large, stable supply of recyclable material is crucial. Three legislative options have been used to create such supplies: mandatory recycling collection, container deposit legislation, and refuse bans. Mandatory collection laws set recycling targets for cities, usually in the form that a certain percentage of a material must be diverted from the city's waste stream by a target date. The city is responsible for working to meet this target. [5] New chemical industries created in the late 19th century both invented new materials (e.g. Bakelite in 1907) and promised to transform valueless into valuable materials. Proverbially, you could not make a silk purse of a sow's ear—until the US firm Arthur D. Little published in 1921 "On the Making of Silk Purses from Sows' Ears", its research proving that when "chemistry puts on overalls and gets down to business [...] new values appear. New and better paths are opened to reach the goals desired." [17] Those cars currently on the road in the UK will be so for another 8-20 years. Therefore, design now will improve waste recovery many years ahead, not today. Moreover, more than 70% of battery containing products placed on the market in UK (including cars) are made and designed outside UK. However, attempts to reduce demand could reduce the size of the recycling market and associated economic viability. Sweeep Kuusakoski – Resources – BBC Documentary". www.sweeepkuusakoski.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020 . Retrieved 31 July 2015.