BENEFITS OF RECYCLING

Benefits of recycling Problems of recycling

Steel Contamination

Breaking up ships Fuel Chemical waste

Equipment

chemical products

Door Reuse limitations

Demolishing buildings Roof tiles Material degradation

Windows Lower cuality

Mitagetes wáter, air and soil, Toxic substance

contamination
Recyclimg electronics Impact on the environment
Prebvents health riks

95% reused Toxic waste

Scrapping cars Generates les pollution Leaves polluting admissions

Avoids 1 million tons of CO2 Legal requirements

1. Plastic An obstacle to recycling is the need to son waste carefully. While some types can be
melted down for reuse, many cannot, or result in low-grade material.

2. Glass Sorting is critical, as there are key differences between the clear and colored material
used in bottles and Jars, and the high-grade material used in engineering applications,
which contains traces of metals.

3. Aluminum Scarcity makes recycling especially desirable and justifies the cost of removing
insulation from electric wires, which are a major source of scrap. Pure meta| can also be
recovered from alloys derived from it, notably brass (which also contains quantities of zinc,
and often lead) and bronze (which contains tin).

4. Copper The cost of melting down existing metal is significantly cheaper than the energy-
 intensive process of electrolysis, which is required to extract new metal from ore.

5. Rubber Tyres are the primary source of recyclable material|. These can be reused whole
in certain applications. They can also be ground into crumbs which have varied uses.

6. Timber Hardwood and softwood can be reused, However, the frequent need to remove
ironmongery and saw or plane off damaged edges, can make the process costly.

7. Steel Scrap can be sorted easily using magnetism. lf the metal is galvanized (coated with
zinc) the zinc is fully recyclable' |Í it is stainless stee, other metals mixed with the iron, such
as chromium and nickel, can also be recovered and recycled.

1. stainless steet A. metal used to make brass, and in galvanized coatings on steel

2. zinc B. the predominant metal in steel

3. iron C. a type of steel not needing a protective coating, as it doesn´t rust

4. bronze D. a dense poisonous metal

5. lead E. rocks from wich metals can be extracted

6. hardwood F. an alloy made from copper and tin

7. ore G. timber from pine times

8. softwood H. timber form deciduous trees

1. Bronze contains significant amounts of copper.

2. Calvinized steel is steel coated with zinc.

3. Steel is an alloy derived of iron.

4. Pure metals can usually be recovered from alloys.

5. To produce stainless steel, iron is mixed with other metals.

6. Stainless steel contains quantities of chromium and nickel.

7. Glass tableware contains traces of metals, such as lead.

8. When new metal is extracted from ore, the costs can be high.
WHICH OF THESE MATERIALS WHAT IS IT MADE OF? CHOSE 4 WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
CAN BE RECYCLED

METAL Initially the metal is composed of Late 1980s in England, Germany

other metals as well as carbon, and the United States.
manganese, nickel, chromium,
silicon, titanium, tungsten, etc.

The plastic is made up of coal, the beginnings of plastic were in

gas, oil and salt. the United States in the year
PLASTIC
1860

GLASS the glass is composed of sand, glass was created in ancient

(silicates, SiO2) and an alkali and times the Egyptians and the
polymer Phoenicians were the main
creators and distributors

WOOD The main components of wood wood was created in great

are cellulose, polymer, acids and britain during 9000 or 5000 years
alcohols from various references before christ