Why is recycling important?
Recycling is important to the future of our planet and is essential to the cities around the world and to the people who live in them.for many reasons. One of these is that we are fast using up the earths precious resources and many of these resources are not renewable. It is also important to start recycling as it takes considerably less energy to recycle an existing product than to source and make one from new.
The Recycling Process
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 (from incineration) and water (from landfilling) pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production. Recycling is a key part of waste management's "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"
Recycling News
12/06/09
Golf ball recycling industry set to grow into double figures
Due to the current economic donwnturn the recycle golf ball industry is enjoying rapid growth, both in terms of recycled balls and re-finshed balls. With the current estimate of lost golf balls set at 2.5 Billion, a growth in the recycled industry would be provide a small but welcome lift for the environment.
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03/06/09
New recycling scheme gets underway in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
As of the 1st June residents will be awarded points for the amount of items they recycle. The points, collected through the weighing of wheelie bins at collection, can then be redeemed against the cost of other services, goods to buy or donated to charity.
The new scheme is in conjunction with a company called Recyclebank (who offer a simialar points based system in the US), and also with the council's current waste contractors Veolia.
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15/05/09
Dell Takes Strong Recycling Stance
Dell has just become the first major computer manufacturer to ban the export of non-working electronics to developing countries as part of its global policy on recycling and responsible electronics disposal.
Tod Arbogast, director of sustainable business, Dell: “As one of the world’s leading providers of technology, we recognize our responsibility to ensure that technology is disposed of properly at the end of its usable life. These additions to our disposition policy reflect the way Dell has been operating for years with regard to electronics disposition. We strongly encourage the rest of the industry to do the same using globally consistent practices like these.”
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