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    Single-stream (also known as “fully commingled” or "single-sort") recycling refers to a system in which all paper fibers, plastics, metals, and other...
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    to recycling, such as ISO 15270:2008 for plastics waste and ISO 14001:2015 for environmental management control of recycling practice. Recyclable materials...
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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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  • global recyclables market, causing major pile ups in Western countries who had been collecting lower quality recyclables in single-stream recycling, and...
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    incorrectly separate the recyclable materials, or put the wrong items in the recycling bin, the whole vehicle load of recycling will have to be rejected...
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  • Recycling can be carried out on various raw materials. Recycling is an important part of creating more sustainable economies, reducing the cost and environmental...
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    This is typically single-stream recycling, which creates an impure product and partly explains why, as of 2019, the US has a recycling rate of around 33%...
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    facility. The latter method is known as "single-stream recycling". The most common consumer products recycled include aluminium such as beverage cans,...
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    curbside recycling programs; though their composition is often identical to other accepted plastics, they pose problems for the single-stream recycling process...
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  • and Recycling Authority, formerly the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (1973-2014), is a quasi-public agency that provides single-stream recycling...
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    Plastic (section Recycling)
    Cyanobacteria and Archaea. Plastic recycling Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill...
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    reaction products. However, chemical recycling to other products is also done. For physical recycling, especially for recycle to food contact applications, rigorous...
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    facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system that receives...
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    waste stream reduces contamination of other recyclables collected in a single bin (a common problem in communities practicing single-stream recycling) Creates...
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  • Recycling Reuse Scottish Environment Protection Agency Secondary Recovered Fuel Sewage Sewage collection and disposal Sewage treatment Single-stream recycling...
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    trash, single-stream recycling, yard waste, and hazardous waste pickup for residents in buildings with six or fewer units, and textile recycling pickup...
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    Green Design Standards in renovations. In addition, Bowdoin runs a single stream recycling program, and its dining services department has begun composting...
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  • into recycling bins has not been recycled, and been treated as general waste. Tire recycling, or rubber recycling, is the process of recycling waste...
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  • recycling issues, TCE has organized communities near landfills and trash facilities to oppose major expansions and advocate for increased recycling programs...
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  • student-organized on-campus Farmers' Market, the implementation of a single-stream recycling program, and the transition to GreenE certified wind power for...
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    Waste Authority, a public-benefit corporation that coordinates single-stream recycling, waste reduction, composting, and the disposal of hazardous materials...
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    had been new initiatives around planting more trees in the city, single-stream recycling, increasing the solar power capacity of the city, investing in...
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    Boston has single-stream recycling. You can mix all recyclable materials together and place them on the curb for pickup on your recycling day. In addition...
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    global recyclables market, causing major pile ups in Western countries who had been collecting lower quality recyclables in single-stream recycling, and...
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    Stillaguamish River basin. Arlington's municipal solid waste and single-stream recycling collection and disposal services are contracted by the municipal...
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    disposal services, while contracting Waste Management for mandatory single-stream recycling and optional yard waste disposal. The municipal government also...
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    had been new initiatives around planting more trees in the city, single-stream recycling, increasing the solar power capacity of the city, investing in...
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    2012-09-20. "City of Houston eGovernment". Retrieved 2008-12-31. "Single-Stream Recycling". Retrieved 2009-04-20.[permanent dead link] "Neighborhood advocate...
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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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  • 1859, the state had the goal of recycling 75% of its waste by 1869. Municipal experiments in "single-stream recycling" disposal seemed to indicate that...
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