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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
THANKSTHANKS