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    The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c 29) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has been suggested that this Act should be amended...
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    collection schemes. The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 required local authorities in England to provide every household with a separate collection...
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    Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics;...
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    household residents incorrectly separate the recyclable materials, or put the wrong items in the recycling bin, the whole vehicle load of recycling will...
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    reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal are also considered e-waste. Informal processing of e-waste in developing countries...
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    recycled. Recycling is collected from households, commercial businesses, industries and construction. Despite its prominence, household recycling makes up...
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    biodegradable waste—such as food and garden waste—is also a form of recycling. Materials for recycling are either delivered to a household recycling center or...
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    paid an annual fee for the collection and recycling of associated waste electronics from household waste recycling centres. Directive 2012/19/EU of the European...
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    well-developed waste recycling system, the waste stream mainly consists of intractable wastes such as plastic film and non-recyclable packaging materials...
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    include municipal solid waste (household trash/refuse), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and...
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    types of recycling include waste paper and cardboard, plastic recycling, metal recycling, electronic devices, wood recycling, glass recycling, cloth and...
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    Plastic recycling Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources...
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  • 35% of the country's municipal solid waste. The EPA's other three focuses are on recycling electronics, recycling industrial materials, and reducing priority...
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    recycling program began in 1989, following a 1987 amendment to the Waste Disposal Act. Recycling in Taiwan started as a private effort, but the initiative soon...
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    mills for recycling. Recycling steel saves energy and natural resources. The steel industry saves enough energy to power about 18 million households for a...
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  • States that mandates recycling. State and local governments often introduce their own recycling requirements. In 2014, the recycling/composting rate for...
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    Appliance recycling consists of dismantling waste home appliances and scrapping their parts for reuse. The main types of appliances that are recycled are T...
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    nor be exported overseas. The 2003 Electronic Waste Recycling Act in California introduced an Electronic Waste Recycling Fee on all new monitors and televisions...
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    into force in 2001, and recycling of waste electrics became a legal requirement under the Specific Household Appliance Recycling Law and the Law for Promotion...
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  • waste) HWR Hazardous Waste Regulations HWRA Household Waste Recycling Act HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre IBA Incinerator Bottom Ash IBAA Incinerator...
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  • of household waste in England increased to 43% and business recycling rates have increased to 52%. Local authorities, who cover all household waste and...
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    waste was 931 million tonnes of food waste (about 121 kg per capita) across three sectors: 61 percent from households, 26 percent from food service and 13...
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    Electronic waste is a significant part of today's global, post-consumer waste stream. Efforts are being made to recycle and reduce this waste. The Basel...
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    to environmentalism. The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 requires local authorities in England to provide every household with a separate collection...
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    expanding city and the Public Health Act 1875 made it compulsory for every household to deposit their weekly waste in 'moveable receptacles' for disposal...
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    Battery Directive (category Battery recycling)
    requires proper waste management of these batteries, including recycling, collections, "take-back" programs, and disposal,: 6  sets waste battery collection...
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  • Informal waste collection is the activity of "manually sorting and extracting various recyclable and reusable materials from mixed waste, at legal and...
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    improperly secured trash, recycling collection vehicles and pickup trucks. Population levels, traffic density and proximity to waste disposal sites are factors...
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  • transit of waste by up to 90%. Systems in Europe provide separate outlets for food, recycling, and non-recycling, making waste separation and recycling more...
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    for the colonies forced high rates of recycling. Household and other early forms of waste that could not be recycled or otherwise reused were left in the...
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