• law in the United States that mandates recycling. State and local governments often introduce their own recycling requirements. In 2014, the recycling/composting...
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    Tire recycling in the United States is the disposal and reuse of waste tires. Several forms of waste disposal and reclamation have been put into place...
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    The history of bottle recycling in the United States has been characterized by four distinct stages. In the first stage, during the late 18th century...
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    accounts for about 35% of felled trees. Recycling one ton of newsprint saves about 1 ton of wood while recycling 1 ton of printing or copier paper saves...
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  • The Ship-Submarine Recycling Program (SRP) is the process that the United States Navy uses to dispose of decommissioned nuclear vessels. SRP takes place...
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    average rate of beverage container recycling. Michigan's recycling rate of 97% from 1990 to 2008 was the highest in the nation, as is its $0.10 deposit....
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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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    electronics. The composting and other reuse of biodegradable waste—such as food and garden waste—is also a form of recycling. Materials for recycling are either...
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    Battery recycling is a recycling activity that aims to reduce the number of batteries being disposed as municipal solid waste. Batteries contain a number...
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  • The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is a United States-based private, non-profit trade association representing more than 1,300 private...
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    America Recycles Day, also known as National Recycling Day, is a national observance in the United States dedicated to promoting recycling across the nation...
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    all 50 states. Corporations across the United States offer electronic takeback and recycling programs, offering low-cost to no-cost recycling. These centers...
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    being shipped. Hazardous waste in the United States Recycling in the United States San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance Waste by...
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    or vehicle recycling. Vehicle recycling has always occurred to some degree but in recent years manufacturers have become involved in the process. A car...
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    harmful to the environment, difficult to collect and recycle them. Batteries Directive [20] targets on the collection, recycling and other recycling activities...
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    In 2015, 43.5% of the United Kingdom's municipal waste was recycled, composted or broken down by anaerobic digestion. The majority of recycling undertaken...
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    A recycling bin (or recycle bin) is a container used to hold recyclables before they are taken to recycling centers. Recycling bins exist in various sizes...
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    Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process. The presence on an item of a...
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    California Redemption Value (category Recycling in the United States)
    Container deposit legislation in the United States "Beverage Container Recycling". California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Retrieved May...
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  • bottle recycling—An overview". Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 55 (11): 865–875. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.04.009. ISSN 0921-3449. "2016 United States...
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    aluminium can recycling plants were built in the United States; one recycling plant was built in Chicago, Illinois and the other was built in Cleveland,...
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  • Waste Recycling Fee is a fee imposed by government on new purchases of electronic products. The fees are used to pay for the future recycling of these...
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    mining MTBE controversy Recycling in the United States United States offshore drilling debate Water pollution in the United States See FAO 2020, p. 18, table...
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    or other symbols. The universal recycling symbol (U+2672 ♲ UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL or U+267B ♻ BLACK UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL in Unicode) is a symbol...
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    manufacture employs the same method today. The EPA estimates 5.7% of LDPE (resin identification code 4) is recycled in the United States. Despite competition...
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  • Paint is a recyclable item. Latex paint is collected at collection facilities in many countries and shipped to paint-recycling facilities. There are many...
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    Recycle Here! is a recycling center and drop-off facility in New Center, Detroit that opened in 2007. The recycling center is located in the Warren Motor...
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    recycling and disposal system that collects fees to establish a recycling fund to further promote the waste management system of Taiwan. Prior to the...
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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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    Recology (category Recycling in the United States)
    to the Shoreway Environmental Center, a large, multi-purpose recycling center and Materials Recovery Facility that is operated by South Bay Recycling, a...
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