RECYCLING

INTRODUCTION

• IT IS THE PROCESS

• WASTE MATERIALS COVERT INTO POTENTIALLY USEFUL MATERIALS

• TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

• KEY COMPONENT OF MODERN WASTE REDUCTION

• THREE COMPONENT OF WASTE HIERARCHY
INTERNATIONAL LOGO OF RECYCLING
 IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING

1. SAVES RAW MATERIALS

2. REDUCE THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
3. COSTS LESS
4. HELPS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE LIVING
5. SAVES ENERGY
6. REDUCE LAND FILL
7. PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
 RECYCLING MATERIALS

• GLASS
• PLASTICS
• PAPER
• METALS
• ORGANICS
• TEXTILES
• ELECTRONICS
GENERAL PROCEDURE OF RECYCLING
PROCESS
1.COLLECTING

2.SORTING
3.Cleaning

4.Size reduction

Plastic size reduction machine

5.Process
 RECYCLING IN SRILANKA

• SRILANKAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEGUN ENCOURAGING PLASTIC

WASTE RECYCLING
• TO PREVENT THE MATERIAL PILING UP ALONG THE ROAD SIDE
&CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
• CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY LAUNCHED NEW PROGRAM-
NATIONAL POST –CONSUMER PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
• MORE THAN 120 PLASTIC & POLYTHENE RECYCLERS IN THE COUNTRY
• BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN SOUTH ASIA TO RECYCLE COMPACT
FLUORESCENT LAMPS
 CONCLUSION

• RECYCLING IMPORTANT PROCESS TO REDUCE SOME

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
• ITS GIVE MANY ADVANTAGES
• NOW A DAYS IT IS EFFECTIVELY PRACTICE IN SRILANKA
 REFERENCES

• HTTPS://WWW.EPA.GOV/RECYCLE/RECYCLING

• ENVIRONMENT STUDY
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