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As awareness of global warming and environmental pollution grows, more and more people are turning to recycling, taking a step forward to save our beloved planet. However, if we take a closer look, how many of us are really making the right contributions, and how many of us feel that we are doing right but are actually making the process more difficult than it should be?
While it is true that recycling technology has been greatly improved and we can recycle more products, and much better than ever, the further advanced the technology becomes, the more difficult it has become for the general public to recognize exactly what’s, what’s not and how it may be subject to recycled; the main reason is the very little variation in similar materials. For example, plastics are recyclable, but only those marked from 1 to 5, higher grades of plastics (up to 12) are recyclable but are more difficult to recycle and are only accepted by a select few recycling companies.
Likewise, while plastic is recyclable, recyclers want you to understand that unless your community or recycling company has an all-in-one policy, it’s best to sort your recyclables into categories. Placing all or segregated recyclables in a plastic bag only slows down the process because,
a) Plastic bags are made of soft plastics and are not recyclable.
b) The segregation process will take longer if the recycler has to sort all collected materials separately.
c) Plastic bags can wrap around and block recycling equipment.
d) Plastic bags can blow away landfills and pollute waterways, oceans, the sea or composting and fertile land.
e) Plastics made of polystyrene are a petroleum product, flammable, and therefore difficult to decompose.
There are several other examples that can help you purge the air of what you can and cannot throw in the bin, no matter how similar they are;
1. You can recycle plastic bottles but not plastic lids from bottles and jars, and you can’t recycle polystyrene from packaging, plastic bags, toys, or any other kind of soft plastics.
2. Clear and colored glass can be recycled, including drinking bottles, cosmetic jars, food containers and bottles for vitamins, but not ceramic, mirrors, light bulbs, window glass, drinking glass, heat-resistant glass or utensils.
3. You can recycle paper, including newspapers, catalogs, brochures, magazines, junk mail, and scraps of paper (if in a box), but not paper towels, paper plates, napkins, tracing paper, facial tissues, or bathroom tissues.
4. You can recycle cartons, including pizza boxes, milk cartons, and tetrapacks, only if they are dry and free of food or other scraps.
5. You can recycle metal cans, tins, and lids including condensed milk cans, sardines, aluminum cans, steel cans, aerosol cans, and paint cans, as long as they are rinsed, dried, and free from any type of residue or contamination.
The information may seem overwhelming, but isn’t it better to do something right than just do it to get it right?
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Source by Rajesh Gupta