THE WORLD OF THE WORLD OF RECYCLING RECYCLING

Rita María Marín Rita María Marín NaranjoNaranjo

December 2010December 2010

The recycling is a The recycling is a physicochemical physicochemical or mechanical or mechanical

process process

that consists of that consists of submitting a submitting a matter or a matter or a

product already product already used to a used to a cycle of cycle of total or partial total or partial

treatmenttreatment

After the After the treatmenttreatment obtain obtain

a a raw material raw material or or

a a new productnew product

The law of the The law of the 3R 3R (To reduce, To recycle and To re-use)(To reduce, To recycle and To re-use)

Proposed that popularized Proposed that popularized the environmental the environmental organization organization Greenpeace: Greenpeace:

• the reductionthe reduction

• the reutilization the reutilization

• and the recycling and the recycling

of the products of the products that we consumethat we consume

TO REDUCETO REDUCEthe production of objects capable of the production of objects capable of

turning into residuesturning into residues

TO RE-USETO RE-USE actions that allow to return to use a actions that allow to return to use a product to give him the second life, with product to give him the second life, with

the same use or different other onethe same use or different other one

TO RECYCLETO RECYCLE the set of operations of withdrawal the set of operations of withdrawal and waste treatment that they allow and waste treatment that they allow

reintroduce in a life cyclereintroduce in a life cycle

The recycling has three The recycling has three ecological principal ecological principal

consequencesconsequencesReduction of the volume of residues, Reduction of the volume of residues, and and therefore of the pollution that they would therefore of the pollution that they would cause (cause (some matters are late tens of some matters are late tens of years and enclosedly centuries in years and enclosedly centuries in degeneratingdegenerating))

The recycling has three The recycling has three ecological principal ecological principal consequences:consequences:

Preservation of the natural resourcesPreservation of the natural resources, , since the recycled matter re-is in usesince the recycled matter re-is in use

The recycling has three The recycling has three ecological principal ecological principal

consequencesconsequences

The recycling has three The recycling has three ecological principal ecological principal consequences:consequences:

Reduction of costs Reduction of costs associated with the associated with the production of new production of new

goodsgoods, , since often the since often the employment of employment of

recycled material recycled material brings a minor cost brings a minor cost

that the virgin materialthat the virgin material

The recycling has three The recycling has three ecological principal ecological principal

consequencesconsequences

Separate Separate the residuesthe residues

•1. 1. Organic Matter Organic Matter (remains)(remains)

•2. CARTON and PAPER 2. CARTON and PAPER (news (news paper, notebooks, books) paper, notebooks, books) ((BLUEBLUE))

•3. GLASS (3. GLASS (GREENGREEN))

•4. METALS 4. METALS (tin-plate, aluminium) (tin-plate, aluminium) and PLASTIC and PLASTIC (polyethylene, PVC) (polyethylene, PVC) ((YELLOWYELLOW))

What type of What type of garbage does garbage does

recycle?recycle?

EverythinEverything what g what can be can be used to used to do new do new

productsproducts

To recycle To recycle is translated in:is translated in:

•Saving of energySaving of energy•Saving of drinkable Saving of drinkable

waterwater•Saving raw materialSaving raw material•Minor effect the Minor effect the

ecosystems and his ecosystems and his natural resourcesnatural resources

•Saving of time, Saving of time, money and effortmoney and effort

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