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As in the oil and gas sector – where tapping unconventional sources, such as shale and tar sands, has proved a game changer – the water sector must adopt all unconventional options, including
recycling
wastewater and desalinating ocean and brackish waters.
Closed-loop recycling, in which plastics waste is used to make another product, thus carries significant environmental benefits, such as reduced energy and oil consumption.
If consumers knew to collect and separate household plastics based on their number, when available, the resulting boost to
recycling
efforts would demonstrate to government and industry the viability of a more sustainable approach, reduce exposure to rising oil prices, and support growing global demand for plastics.
There are four categories of plastics recycling: primary recycling, in which the plastic is re-used in the same application; secondary recycling, in which material (mixed or contaminated) is used in less demanding applications; tertiary recycling, in which the plastic is converted into monomers or chemicals; and quaternary recycling, in which only energy is recovered through incineration.
Given the difficulty and expense of separating plastics, the most economically viable option is often secondary
recycling
of a few commodity thermoplastics – mostly bottles, for which collection infrastructure is already in place.
More economical separation methods are crucial to expanding the scope of plastics recycling, as is the identification of new potential markets for the recyclates.
This translates into a higher proportion of plastics in the remnants of shredded end-of-life automobiles – a contaminated mixture of plastics and non-plastics that is usually disposed of through some combination of landfilling, incineration, and secondary
recycling.
To this end, some automobile manufacturers have adjusted their designs to allow for easy disassembly of parts made of compatible plastics, while governments have set
recycling
target proportions for end-of-life vehicles.
This, combined with a lack of landfill space and the country’s expanding population, has enhanced plastics
recycling
efforts.
While incineration and landfilling are still practiced, such high
recycling
rates underscore the positive impact of targeted policies.
In fact, they may threaten the secondary
recycling
of petroleum-based plastics, owing to possible contamination during sorting of mixed streams.
Temporary sites for rubble in affected areas are being piled with the remnants of building materials and domestic appliances and furnishings, creating little mountains here and there, as rules on
recycling
instituted since 1995 require sorting waste by material.
New industries are springing up, at scale, in areas ranging from electrification and smart-grid design to electric vehicles, green construction and
recycling
technologies, and organic chemicals.
Should it resemble Copenhagen, with its high rates of bicycle commuting and
recycling?
Yet, even without the gold standard, America’s economic might, together with the
recycling
of petrodollars, kept the dollar on top.
Unable to afford school, they scavenge for paper and other scraps for recycling, earning just enough to eat.
The second major category of e-waste management strategies is to decentralize
recycling
while keeping the environmental impact of small-scale facilities to an acceptable level.
A central feature of the economy prior to the financial crisis was the US housing bubble, which itself resulted from the financial sector’s invention of increasingly intricate (and dubious) methods of
recycling
global savings.
One big loser in this world will be the freight business (along with junkyards, logistics companies, and centralized
recycling
operations).
In the short run, this means greater efficiency and more and speedier recycling, happening locally rather than centrally.
But the global private financial system seems incapable of
recycling
the world’s surpluses to meet these needs.
Calling the municipality to get a
recycling
bin in the building.
Key steps here include creating incentives for a broad transition to non-polluting sources of energy; ending subsidies and tax breaks for polluters; rewarding recycling, re-use, and repair; replacing hazardous materials with safer substitutes; and encouraging both public and active transportation.
Consider recycling, which is often just a feel-good gesture with little environmental benefit and significant cost.
The processing and government subsidies associated with
recycling
yield lower-quality paper to save a resource that is not threatened.
In some cases, funding can be found without raising taxes: governments can create revenue streams by instituting user charges, capturing increases in property value, or selling existing assets and
recycling
the proceeds.
Smelting copper ore, for example, is more than twice as energy-intensive as
recycling
copper.
In fact, deposit systems have proved effective in promoting
recycling
of a wide variety of products.
The benefits of higher
recycling
rates would surely offset the associated administrative costs.
A mobile-phone deposit system would promote recycling, reduce mining, conserve resources, and limit toxic waste.
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