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1.

Collection: Recyclable materials are generated by a consumer or business


and then collected by a private hauler or government entity.

2. Processing: The materials are transported by the collector to a processing


facility, such as a materials recovery facility or paper processor. At the
processing facility, the recyclables are sorted, cleaned of contaminants, and
prepared for transport to a milling facility or directly to a manufacturing facility.
Some commodities may require more processing for additional sorting and
decontamination. For example, glass and plastic are often sent to glass
beneficiation plants and plastics reclaimers, respectively, where they are
processed into mill-ready forms.

3. Remanufacturing: After all necessary processing is completed, recyclables


are made into new products at recycling plants or other facilities, such as
paper mills or bottle manufacturing facilities.

Benefits of Recycling
Recycling Saves Resources and Creates Jobs

Recycling is an important economic driver, as it helps create jobs and tax revenues.
The Recycling Economic Information (REI) Report found that, in a single year,
recycling and reuse activities in the United States accounted for 757,000 jobs, $36.6
billion in wages and $6.7 billion in tax revenues. This equates to 1.57 jobs, $76,000
in wages and $14,101 in tax revenues for every 1,000 tons of material recycled.

Environmental, economic and community benefits can be attained from recycling.

For the environment, recycling:

 Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators.


 Conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals.
 Prevents pollution and reduces greenhouse gases by reducing the need to
mine and process new raw materials.

For the economy, recycling:

 Increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials.


 Saves energy.

For communities, recycling:

 Supports American manufacturing and conserves valuable resources.


 Helps create jobs in the recycling and manufacturing industries in the United
States.

While the benefits of recycling are clear, growing and strengthening the U.S.
recycling system to create more jobs and enhance environmental and community
benefits will require multi-entity collaboration to address the challenges currently
facing the system. Current challenges include:

 Most Americans want to recycle, as they believe recycling provides an


opportunity for them to be responsible caretakers of the Earth. However, it
can be difficult for consumers to understand what materials can be recycled,
how materials can be recycled, and where to recycle different materials. This
confusion often leads to placing recyclables in the trash or throwing trash in
the recycling bin or cart.

 America’s recycling infrastructure has not kept pace with today’s waste
stream. Communication between the manufacturers of new materials and
products and the recycling industry needs to be enhanced to prepare for and
optimally manage the recycling of new materials.

 Domestic markets for recycled materials need to be strengthened.


Historically, some of the recycled materials generated in the United States
have been exported internationally. However, changing international policies
have limited the export of materials. We need to better integrate recycled
materials and end-of-life management into product and packaging designs.
We need to improve communication among the different sectors of the
recycling system to strengthen existing materials markets and to develop new
innovative markets.

 Entities across the recycling system agree that more consistent measurement
methodologies are needed to measure recycling system performance. These
more standardized metrics can then be used to create effective goals and
track progress.

More pollution and energy consumption

This is contradictory, but the reality is that recycling tons of waste would require the waste to be
transported, sorted, cleaned and processed in separate factories, all of which require energy and can
produce by-products that can contaminate the air, water or soil. When more trucks are used to pick up
recyclable products, air pollution will also increase. In fact, the exhaust of 179,000 garbage collection
vehicles in 2009 contained three dozen toxins all airborne.

2. Resulting in pollutants

When the waste material decomposes, pollutants, such as chemical decoction will harm the
environment. Toxins and impurities from the original material, such as lead paint or spray cans, can pass
through recycling and then be carried through the recycled product. Even worse, it can take years before
we realize that the things we use are contaminated. Recycled steel used in buildings in Taiwan, for
example, has caused gamma radiation poisoning over the past 12 years.

3. Increased processing costs and low quality work

The cost of recycling can be three times the cost of taking the waste to a landfill. This is why recycling is
often considered to be cost effective, even though it is environmentally friendly. The process is also labor
intensive. In fact, when the demand for labor is high, the type of work involved can lead to low morale
and a poor quality of life due to low wages.

After hours of sleep, our body needs to consume new energies from foods, to start lots of activities from
the beginning of the day,

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