BY

SABIRA
KESSANDRA
NIVIDETHA
NANDINI
TAEJASREE
KARNISHREE
 Recycling is the process of converting waste materials
into new materials and objects
 It is an alternative to ‘conventional’ waste disposal that
can save material and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
 Recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful
materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw
materials, thereby reducing : energy usage, air
pollution and water pollution.
 Recycling is the key component of modern waste
reduction and is the third component of the “ reduce,
reuse and recycle” waste hierarchy.
 Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass,
paper, and cardboard, metal, plastic, tires, textiles and
electronics
 The composting of other reuse of biodegradable waste
such as food or garden waste.
 RECYCLABLE AND REUSABE MATERIALS
 1. Bags and twist ties
 2. Glass
 3. Newspapers
 4. Clothes
 5. Tyres
 6. Used woods
 7. Electrical equipments
 8. Asbestos
 9. Batteries
 10. Building materials
 11. Clinical waste
 12. Metal
 13. Paint/oil
 1. Glass containers or cans
 Glass jars and old coffee canisters make great containers
for bulky pantry items, desk organizers.
 And there are a lot many ways to reuse mason jars
beyond food canning.
 2. Plastic materials
 Beyond using jugs and bottles to store homemade
natural cleaners, with a little modification, one can
turn those plastic containers into useful household
items.
 Bird feeders can be made out of plastic jugs, food bins,
shoe cubbies and dustpans or scoops can be made.
 Self watering seed pots or a cell charging station can be
made out of shampoo bottles
 3. Newspapers, Magazines and Paper bags
 There are lots of ways to re-purpose all the papers.
 Useful woven baskets and trays can be drawn out of
magazines and newspapers.
 Compostable seed pots, wrapping papers, DIY papers.
 4. Clothes
 Old clothes can be cut into washable cleaning rags or
can be turned into beautiful braided rugs.
 Old flannels can be beautiful braided rugs.
 5. Plastic bags
 Plastic bags can be used a pet waste bags, or trash bins,
or you can reuse them at the grocery store. Better yet,
one can re-use those plastic bags into nice looking,
sturdy re-usable grocery totes.
 6.Old furniture
 Refinish or repair rather than tossing old furniture. Re-
purpose broken furniture or disassemble and reuse the
wood. Hang drawers on the walls to create shelves,
shadow boxes or bulletin boards.
 With just a little ingenuity, you can cut down on your
ecological footprint, re-purpose your trash.
 BUILDING WITH RECYCLED
MATERIALS

Innovative
recycled ceramic
bricks keep this
Hanoi house’s
interior fresh and
clean
The local company managed to
patent its system of bricks and
pillars made of recycled plastic,
which is then put together like
Lego pieces in a construction
system that lets you build houses
up to two stories high in five
days.

These floor and wall tiles use

nearly 50% recycled material in
the manufacturing process,
resulting in a beautiful,
ecologically sound product.
 Shigeru Ban Architects has released
images of their first emergency shelter
prototype designed for Nepal. Planned to
be built by the end of August, the simple
shelter is designed to be easily assembled
.by almost anyone. Using connecting
modular wooden frames (3ft x 7ft or
90cm x 210cm), salvaged rubble bricks
are used to infill the wall's cavities while
paper tube trussing supports the roof.
This, as Shigeru Ban says, will allow for
"quick erection and nearly immediate
inhabitation."
GREENFIELD LIVING, minarc,
Los Angeles, CA
The exterior panels of this home
are fabricated using 30% recycled
material. The kitchen cabinetry
and furniture is made using
recycled automobile tires,
providing an imaginative and
ecologically savvy design.

The entire goal of this

project is as a built
example of ways to
recycle and reuse
concrete, one of the
worlds most common
building materials. The
facade is made with
Every market has its own specifications for recycled
or reusable materials. Obtain specifications from
the recycling operators before starting
deconstruction so you know what to save and how
to save it. You should find out:

* material type
* acceptable and unacceptable levels of
contamination
* acceptable and unacceptable levels of damage
* quantities accepted
* transportation requirements

REUSABLE AND RECYCLABLE

MATERIALS
Mushroom walls
Blood bricks
Phasplat
Bio asphalt
Poraver concrete
Papercrete
Papercrete
 Papercrete is made from recycled paper with a small amount of cement and sand added. The ratio is
60/20/20.
 The paper/concrete/sand mixture is stirred in a large barrel, much like a blender, until all paper is
shredded and evenly mixed with the concrete and sand.
 Papercrete can be mortared, drilled, hammered, nailed, used as plaster and as an infill between poles
or studs.
METHOD TO APPLY
* Papercrete is handled much like adobe. It can be made in smaller bricks or can be used much as
cement is, and poured into a monolithic wall.
* If papercrete is poured in a monolithic wall, the density on the bottom will be much greater than on
the top.
* The papercrete will be cut off from the air, causing drying issues. This can cause pockets, creases
and voids in the wall. Papercrete will also shrink 30% in height when drying.
* It stands to reason that building using the slip form method is the safest bet.
Reuse Lightweight Concrete
The process of reusing and recycling begin by product design and development. Some
of these benefits may include: lower costs, stimulation of innovation, new business
opportunities, and improved product quality .

A variety of raw materials are used to produce concrete from lightweight aggregates.
One of them is Poraver®. The raw material for Poraver® is glass or – to be more precise –
recycled glass, of which millions of tons are collected in the Federal Republic of Germany
every year employing – to all intents and purpose – a perfect recycling system.

Poraver® makes use of only the valuable raw material which for technical reasons
cannot be utilised by the glass industry to manufacture new glass products, e.g. fine glass
shards.
 GOVERNMENT MANDATED
DEMANDS
 Legislation has also been used to increase and
maintain a demand for recycled materials.
 Four methods of such legislation exist: minimum
recycled content mandates, utilization rates,
procurement policies, and recycled product
labeling.
 Governments have used their own purchasing
power to increase recycling demand through
what are called "procurement policies." These
policies are either "set-asides," which reserve a
certain amount of spending solely towards
recycled products, or "price preference"
programs which provide a larger budget when
recycled items are purchased.
GOVERNMENT MANDATED
DEMANDS
 Additional regulations can target specific cases: in the
United States, for example, the Environmental
Protection Agency mandates the purchase of oil,
paper, tires and building insulation from recycled or
re-refined sources whenever possible.[2]
 The final government regulation towards increased
demand is recycled product labeling. When producers
are required to label their packaging with amount of
recycled material in the product (including the
packaging), consumers are better able to make
educated choices.
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF
REUSABLE MATERIALS
Determining the balance of how the several effects of reuse interact is
often best accomplished by a formal life cycle assessment. A relatively
unknown effective way to reduce CO2 emissions and carbon footprint is
reusing products. Often the relative carbon footprint of manufacturing
and the supply chain is unknown.[There are many ways of measuring the
positive environmental, economic and social impact data. These include:
 # of tons diverted from the landfill
 $ avoided disposal costs
 $ avoided purchase costs
 $ value of materials donated
 $ revenues earned
 # of jobs created or retained
 # of families/individuals/organizations assisted
COMPARISON BETWEEN
RECYCLABLE&REUSABLE
MATERIALS
 Recycling differs from reuse in that it breaks down the
item into raw materials which are then used to make new
items, as opposed to reusing the intact item.
 As this extra processing requires energy, as a rule of
thumb reuse is environmentally preferable to recycling
("reduce, reuse, recycle"), though recycling does have a
significant part to play as it can often make use of items
which are broken, worn out or otherwise unsuitable for
reuse.
 However, as transport emissions are significant portion of
the environmental impact of both reuse and recycling, in
some cases recycling is the more prudent course as reuse
can require long transport distances.