RECYCLING: Is it working?

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RECYCLINGIs it working?

• An investigation of the environmental
  significance of recycling by Javan Villegas,
  Peter Albrich, Jus Bagoyo

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A Brief History of Recycling

• Been around for thousands of years
• Was adopted by environmental movement in the
  70s.
• Is usually done to conserve resources, make a
  profit or help the earth.

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What Gets Recycled?
What Gets Recycled?

• Aluminum
• Cardboard
• Glass
• Paper
• Plastics
• Steel
• Etc.

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What Gets Recycled?

• Aluminum
• Cardboard
• Glass
• Paper
• Plastics
• Steel
• Etc.

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And the Point Is

• Generally to help the earth
• So does the recycling of certain products
  significantly aid the earth?

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ALUMINUM
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• WHAT IS RECYCLING ALUMINUM DOING?
• -Is it helping the environment?
• -Is it economically beneficial?
• -Is recycling aluminum doing what it is supposed
  to be doing?
• Is it pointless?

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• FACTS

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FACTS ABOUT ALUMINUM RECYCLING

• Aluminum is 100 recyclable!
• It is a sustainable metal, so aluminum can be
  recycled over and over again.
• Two-thirds of aluminum ever produced IS IN USE
  TODAY!
• Over 50 of the aluminum cans produced are
  recycled.

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Facts Continued

• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to
  run a TV for three hours or a 100- watt light
  bulb for four hours.
• Recycling 40 cans conserves the same energy as
  one gallon of gasoline.
• Recycled aluminum requires less energy, so it
  produces 95 LESS emissions, such as greenhouse
  gases.

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ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

• Aluminum is the most abundant metal on earth!
• Aluminum is a SUSTAINABLE METAL and can be
  recycled OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
• The process involves simply re-melting the metal,
  which is far less expensive and energy intensive
  than creating new aluminum.
• Recycling scrap aluminum requires only 5 of the
  energy used to make new aluminum.

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• ECONOMIC BENEFITS

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Apparent Consumption by Market(figures in
millions of pounds)

• Major Market
• Building and Construction- 3,100
• - consumes 12.6 of the total shipment of
  aluminum
• Transportation- 7,855/ 32
• Consumer Durables- 1,474/ 6
• Electrical- 1,643/ 6.7
• Machinery Equipment- 1,623/ 6.6
• Containers Packaging- 4,895/ 19.9
• Other- 792/ 3.2
• Domestic- 21,412/ 87
• Exports- 3,206/ 13

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• The TRANSPORTATION SECTOR is the largest North
  American market for aluminum accounting for 7.9
  billion pounds.

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After the facts, do you still think recycling
aluminum is pointless?
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Sources

• http//www.novelis.com/Recycle/EN/Educators/Educat
  ionalMaterials/RecyclingFactsandFigures/
• http//earth911.com/metal/aluminum-can/
• http//www.aluminum.org/index_april2009.htm
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAOpGhAdQFEY

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAOpGhAdQFEY

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Glass
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What is it?

• A state of matter
• Most commercial glass is Silica, Soda and Lime
• Colors Obtained by different chemicals
• Chemically Neutral
• Infinitely Recyclable
• Something that takes a long time to decompose

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How is it recycled?

• Glass is sorted by color
• Crushed/Turned into cullet
• Cullet is melted or mixed with raw materials
• Cullet has lower liquid temp than raw silica
• Also Less additives are needed
• THE VIDEO
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vKf8bWDPDSi8

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Why Recycle Glass?

• Energy is saved at the furnaces
• It can cost less to produce (In 2008 1 ton of
  silica 27.73, Cullet sometimes less)
• It takes less material to make
• Its very useful
• It takes up less space in landfills

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The Life Cycle Analysis

• Done by British Glass
• Found that using recycled glass to make jars and
  bottles Saves 315kg of CO2 per ton.
• Saves CO2 when used for other products too

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How much glass is recycled?

• In 2007 the US generated 11,470,000 tons of Glass
  Containers and Packaging
• We recycled 28.1 percent or 3,220,000 tons
• Thats 1,014,300,000 kg about 2,236,100,000
  pounds of CO2
• However in 2006 cars produced around
  2,872,253,487,850 pounds of CO2, about 1280 times
  more

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Regardless

• Recycled glass still very useful. It can be found
  in
• -Glasphalt
• -Fiberglass
• -Bottles and Containers
• -Sand/abrasives
• -Tiles/Frames/Windows
• -And so much more!! (not really)

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Sources

• http//www.britglass.org.uk/Files/LocalAuthoritie
  s/BGEnviroReport.pdfhttp//www.economist.com/opin
  ion/displaystory.cfm?story_id9302727http//miner
  als.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/silica/780398
  .pdfhttp//scrapmetalpricesandauctions.com/2008/1
  2/glass-cullet-and-container-recycling-prices-dec-
  17/http//www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/rec
  ycling-is-garbage.html?secsponpartnerpermalin
  kexprodpermalinkpagewanted2http//earth911.co
  m/glass/facts-about-glass-recycling/
• http//www.glasscullet.com/ http//www.epa.gov/os
  w/conserve/materials/glass.htmrecyclehttp//www.
  epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw07-fs.pd
  fhttp//www.epa.gov/oms/consumer/f00013.htmhttp
  //www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation
  _statistics/html/table_01_11.html
• Background recycling symbol from
  http//www.recessionsurvival101.com/recession/recy
  cling-symbol.jpg

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Plastic Recycling

• Types of Plastic Recycled
• Energy used by Plastic Recycling/which types get
  recycled most
• How Plastic is Recycled
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vyo31H7Nz5Bk

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Pros about Plastic Recycling

• How easy it is for the consumer
• Number of industries recycling
• plastic today
• Uses for plastic recycling

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Local Industries Recycling Plastic

• One of the top 50 plastic recycling companies in
  the U.S.
• Regulatory changes enhance plastic recycling

Dentons Facility
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Laws Affecting Plastic Recycling

• Oregon Recycling Act of 1991
• Oregon Rigid Plastic Container Law
• Oregon Revised Stated (ORS) 459A
• Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 340 Division 90
• Oregon Senate Bill 707 (adding H2O to Bottle
  refunds)

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Work Cited

• Work Cited
• Akron Web Design and Marketing. 21 Mar. 2009
  lthttp//www.solidwastedistrict.com/stats/plastics.
  htmgt.
• 2007 American Chemistry Council, Inc 21 Mar. 2009
  lt http//www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/doc.
  asp?CID1571DID5972gt.
• DEQ. 25 May. 2009 lthttp//www.deq.state.or.us/news
  /prDisplay.asp?docID2266gt
• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
  Rigid Plastic Containers. 25 May. 2009 lt
  http//www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/recovery/rpc.htmgt
  
• Pictures Work Cited
• Compacted Recycled Plastic. 25 May. 2009
• http//www.westwiltshire.gov.uk/print/plastic-recy
  cling-bundles.jpg
• Plastic Bag. 25 May. 2009 http//cutecarry.files
  .wordpress.com/2008/11/plasticbag.jpg
• Dentons Plastic Recycling Facility. 25 May.
  2009 http//www.denplas.com/index.php
• Wilson, Mark. Message in a Bottle. EmpireWire.
  25 May. 2009 http//www.bottlebill.org/images/reso
  urces/cartoons/2004-messagebottle.jpg

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So Does Recycling Help?

• In the all 3 cases recycling has been shown to be
  better environmentally than creating the products
  from raw materials.
• However It can be bad Economically
• Still a good thing to do