Recycling For A Purpose

Excuses Why People Don’t Recycle

"Not Available In Their Area""Too Much Effort""Rubbish/Doesn't Make A Difference""Too Busy""Too Difficult"

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• Types of Recycling• Advantage and Disadvantage• What type of trash is recycled?• The 3 “R”’s

What is recycling?

What is it?• Recycling is

the process in which the trash of a product will be transformed and reused

Primary Recycling Consists of the breaking down into articles with

physical and chemical properties identical to those of the original materials. There are four types: -Separation - Granulation - Cleaning - Pelletization

ConsumerTransformation of Recycle Products

Distribution

Seperation of the residual

Recycle Advantages• Saves energy

• Reduction in costs of recollection

• Reduction in volume of solid waste

• Reduction of contamination

• Useful life of systems of replenishment is increased

• Economic stimulation in sale of recyclables

• Reusable and non-reusable natural resources are protected

• Raw materials are saved since recycled materials are used in the manufacturing of new products

REPERCUSIÓNS OF RECYCLING

• ILLNESSES CAUSED BY SANITARY VECTORS

• CONTAMINATION OF WATER

• ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION

• FLOOR CONTAMINATION

• PROBLEMS PAISAJÍSTICOS AND RISK

• MENTAL HEALTH

What Type of Trash is

Recycled? EVERYTHING IS RECYCLED THAT CAN BE MADE INTO ANOTHER PRODUCT

• Organic materials (food leftovers) • Paper and cardboard• glass• Metals (tin, aluminum, lead, zinc, ETC) • plastics

Seperate…

SEPARATING THE RESIDUALS AND TREATING EACH APPROPRIATELY IS THE KEY TO RECOVERY

  Container color Residuals included

container yellow Plastics, metals

Organic material Green or orange Food leftovers, diapers, ashes, etc.

Paper-cardboard blue newspaper, magazines, etc.

glass Clear green bottles, jars, etc.

rest Different colors Includes residuals not mentioned above: rags, containers of other materials, etc.

PLASTIC RECYCLING

STAGES• recollection • Recycling center• classification

DIVIDED INTO 3 CLASSES

• Simple plastic residuals: have been classified and separated

• Mixed residuals: the different types of plastics are found mixed together

• Mixed residual plastics mixed with other residuals: paper, cardboard, metals.

BATTERY CONTENEDOR• Container where

batteries are disposed of to avoid being thrown away in trash since they contain substances while are harmful to the environment

CLEAN POINT• A clean point Is

named that specializes in treatment of residuals, waste, trash

The Three R’s

THE THREE "R“’S OF ECOLOGY ARE REDUCE, RESUE & RECYCLE

Reuse…

• Giving maximum utility to things instead of destroying or getting rid of them

• This saves energy that would have been used to destroy it

Reduce • Choose products that are

less bundled • Reduction in use of toxic

products and contaminants• Shop with a reusable cloth

bag • Decrease the use of

aluminum foil• Limit use of styrofoam

plates and cups• Reduce use of water and

energy

Recycling… RECYCLING CONSISTS OF RE-USING

MATERIALS MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE NEW PRODUCTS, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE UTILIZATION OF NEW MATERIALS

SO WHAT’S OUR COMMUNITY DOING

TO HELP THE RECYCLING NEED?

Students in Free EnterpriseSIFE

• NWACC’s SIFE team structurized a recycle program to help our college save money –RECYCLE at NWACC was created

on March of 2007• Before our SIFE team implemented a recycle program our campus did not have a recycling program.

• “The NWACC SIFE Recycle project exists in an attempt to reduce the waste stream NWACC produces…

• By comparing the savings, that SIFE is responsible for we have effectively almost cut the schools yearly waste expenditures in half….” Rob Lovejoy Project Leader

• “NWACC spends $12,000 on waste removal each year, our SIFE has saved the college $10, 000,” says Rob

• Emptying out the bottles has become a lot harder to keep up with.

• Our SIFE team’s future goal with this project is to reduce our energy consumption within our campus and to have a third party involved with emptying the recycle bottles.

Sam’s Club 8209 Goes GREEN

Relocation • The Sam’s Club in Springdale

relocated to Fayetteville.• Brand New Environmentally

Sustainable Design.• The Fayetteville Club

Sustainable Design

• 62% of the rainwater and air conditioning condensation from the roof is captured in two cisterns

• Estimated the water will be harvested to serve the systems for 322 days a year.

1. Rooftop Rain Water

Harvesting

• The wetlands is designed to remove all types of pollutants.

• It’s comprised of pools, winding flow patterns, and vegetated areas

2. Preservation of Clabber Creek Eco

System• Designed to provide extended treatment

time for storm water runoff• Plants in this area helps aid in the

scrubbing of storm water

3. Retention Pond

“CLEANS” Water

•Water from rainwater harvesting tanks is pumped into a drip irrigation system•Water is released at slow pace so the plants can use the water more efficiently

4. Drip Irrigation

•Provides an area for storm water to percolate through sand and gravel slowly•Portion of the runoff is first routed into a bioswale while the rest is carried off to the wetland

5. Bioswale

•60% of water used are reclaimed to reduce the water consumption•Gray water is cleaned and reused for additional wash cycles.

6. Carwash Reuses Water

•Used on jewelry counters, freezer and cooler doors, and exterior building signage•LED does not require heating a filament to create light

7. LED Lighting

•Daylight comes through the Club by 219 skylights •Lowers energy consumption

8. Daylight Harvesting

• Organic food from the club are separated and processed by a third party to create compost

• Reduces the waste sent to the local landfill with an

estimated 180 tons per YEAR

9. Organic Food

Composting

Sams 8209 Associates Goes GREEN“Going green at Sam’s Club has taught me

the importance of recycling, I make sure I separate my trash into the proper bins,” Angel Bookout Checkout Supervisor

“Working at Sam’s and going green has effected my life at home by causing me to recycle more and to drive slower to save gas and my expenses,”

Halley Williams Cashier/Safety Coordinator

Conclusion

Recycling is in everybodies hands,

contribute your grain of sand!