Week 6

Recycle

A. Industrial waste

Old processes:

Glass
Metals
Silver from photographic developers
Precious metals from catalysts
Fresh plastics waste from plastics plants
Used lubrication oils
Coal ash for the cement industry
Sulfur from petroleum fractions

Newer processes

Waste paper
Packaging materials
Plastic bottles
Waste plastics for fillers
Aluminum cans
Metals from home waste
Electronic waste
Car batteries
Tires and rubber

B. Agriculture waste

Compost for animal feed
Compost to methane
Cow and chicken waste for fertilizers
Hides for the shoe industry
Bones for jelly
Food waste

C. City waste

Only if it is separated into types in the homes
Forced payments for bottles, returnable on recycle.