Recycle

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ISBN: 9781907317026 | 1907317023
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/20/2010

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Have you ever thought about where your household waste goes after you throw it in the bin? Or about the impact the rubbish we produce is having on the world around us? Do you comply with the three 'R's of ethical consumerism?-reduce, reuse, recycle.

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Paper	p. 38
What is it?	p. 39
Why recycle? But does recycling make a difference?	p. 41
Grades of paper	p. 42
The recycling process for paper 44
What's the future of paper recycling?	p. 46
What you can do	p. 47
The environmental policies of the mega-economies	p. 48
Construction workshop in Dakar	p. 50
Glass	p. 58
What is it?	p. 59
Why recycle? 61
Problems with glass recycling	p. 62
The recycling process for glass	p. 64
What happens after it is recycled?	p. 66
What you can do	p. 67
Curitiba-The importance of town planning	p. 68
The Recycling Lottery	p. 70
Zurich-Thinking twice about the garbage	p. 72
Metal	p. 78
Steel	p. 80
What you can do-Steel	p. 81
The recycling process for steel	p. 82
Aluminimum	p. 84
Other metals	p. 85
The recycling process for aluminium cans	p. 86
What you can do-aluminium	p. 89
Womack and Jones trace the origins and path ways of a can of cola	p. 90
Green Dot Programme-A lesson in producer responsibility	p. 92
Cuba-No Waste	p. 96
Plastic	p. 104
What is it? Why are they so popular?	p. 105
The drawbacks	p. 106
The recycling process for plastic	p. 108
What you can do	p. 111
Biopolymers	p. 112
The future	p. 113
Coles bay, Tasmania and the plastic bag conundrum	p. 114
It's in the bag-Ireland's plastic bag tax	p. 118
Bundy on Tap	p. 120
Household and office waste	p. 124
E-Waste	p. 126
Computers and IT equipment	p. 129
Mobile phones White goods	p. 131
Batteries	p. 132
Tyres	p. 134
Textiles	p. 137
Wood	p. 138
Household hazardous waste	p. 139
E-waste exportation and exploitation	p. 140
TRAID-Designer Charity	p. 144
Freecycle	p. 148
From cradle to grave-The nappy debate	p. 150
Compost	p. 156
Centralised composting	p. 158
Backyard composting	p. 158
How to compost	p. 160
How to make your own wormery	p. 162
How to much	p. 164
Composting with EM Bokashi	p. 165
New York state prisons' composting coup	p. 166
The Regional Circulation Network-Food waste recycling in Nagaoka City, Japan	p. 168
Hackney's Nightingale Estate-Composting but not as we know it	p. 171
Barnet compulsory recycling scheme	p. 174
Sustainable Design Directory	p. 179
General eco-directories	p. 180
General eco stores	p. 181
Furniture	p. 182
Clothes and accessories	p. 184
Household goods and miscellaneous	p. 186
Stationery Materials	p. 187
Recycling directory of governmental organizations	p. 189
Directory of non-governmental organisations(NGOs)	p. 197
Materials directory	p. 204
Paper
Glass
Metal	p. 205
Plastic	p. 206
Household and office waste	p. 207
Composting	p. 209
Glossary	p. 210
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