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Environmental pollution is termed as the contamination of earth’s atmosphere both physically and biologically by human activities that adversely affects the normal environmental processes. Air pollution, Land pollution, Water pollution, Noise pollution, plastic pollution, Marine pollution are the few major problems that affect the environment.
This pollution not only contaminates the ecosystem but also causes severe health issues to life forms. Humans face long-term health problems like lung cancer, heart disease, kidney failure, brain and nervous disorders. The main reasons are waste disposal, emission of green-house gas, Global warming and Climate changes.
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American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries | Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Building Materials Reuse Association | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
Pollution control is the action of eliminating or reducing the release of harmful pollutants in the environment. Controlling pollution saves the environment by conserving and protecting the natural resources for future generations. The proper treatment and disposal of waste materials from various sectors can protect the environment. At the same time recycling the wastes like plastic, paper, glass, metal and reusing them is the best way to conserve the natural resources and reduce pollution.
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Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc. | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
Plastic recycling encompasses various processes that involve the collection of waste plastics in large amounts and converting it into useful products instead of simply dumping them in land or marine areas that pollutes the environment. Plastic recycling is one of the most difficult jobs as plastics are non-biodegradable product requires more efforts to reduce its contribution towards waste. HDPE plastics are recyclable, whereas plastic bags, polystyrene, bubble wraps cannot be recycled. The recycling process is challenging as plastics possess low density and low value properties.
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Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
The process of obtaining new paper products from waste or old papers is termed as Paper recycling. Papers like white paper, colored paper, magazines, newspaper can be recycled whereas, napkins, tissue papers, coffee cups, sticky papers cannot be recycled.
The recycling process involves collecting, sorting, shredding, pulping, filtering and de-inking. The benefits associated with this process are, reduction of wood, water and oil usage. Along with this, other advantage is that, 900 kg of paper recycled saves around 3.6 cubic yards of landfill space.
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Carolina Recycling Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management |Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Building Materials Reuse Association | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
Agricultural and food wastes emerges from many sources like farming, cropping, transportation, natural waste, animal waste, cooked food and so on. If these wastes are dumped into landfills, the wastes decompose giving rise to various greenhouse gases leading to global warming. The best solution is composting, which enriches the soil nutrition and reduces the emission of greenhouse gases as well as produce biofuels and bio-energy. Proper waste management keeps the environment healthy for farm animals and crop production.
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Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc. | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
Textile recycling is the process of recovering the used fabrics, yarn, fibers and reprocessing them into similar useful products. Textile recycling is one of the urgent practices to be followed in many countries as it aims to reduce the landfill. Textile products are collected from various sectors, after which they are treated according to their types, condition, composition and requirements.
Fibers take thousands of years to decompose that result in the release of harmful gases into the atmosphere. It is estimated that each year about 2, 50,000 tones go to landfills and 63,000 tones are recycled.
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Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
Glass is a material that can be recycled 100% without any loss of quality and purity. The waste glass is collected, crushed, sorted, mixed with raw materials and melted in furnace then cast to required shapes. The urgent need for glass recycling is that it aims to reduce the spaces in landfills that would otherwise be dumped with used glass jars and products. Recycled glass reduces the water pollution by 60% and air pollution by 30%.
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American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries | Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Building Materials Reuse Association | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
E-wastes are electronic wastes generated from electronic gadgets and devices. They are hazardous because the components used to make devices such as televisions, laptops, mobile phones consist of chemicals and metals that are harmful to the environment.
The process involved were collection, disassembly, reduction process, over-band magnet, and separation of metallic and non-metallic components, water separation. They also release hazardous byproducts like dioxins, hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. Upgrade and new innovations in technologies, change of lifestyle are the main reason behind e-waste generation.
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Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc. | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
Almost all the metals can be recycled except some metals like uranium, plutonium. Metals can be recycled continuously without having any changes in their properties and formulations. Metal recycling involves the collection of waste metals, crushing, compacting, removal of non-metal components, melting in furnaces to obtain metal sheets. Producing new metals usually releases more greenhouse gases and requires more energy, water than the recycling process does. According to the AISI, among all the metals steel is one of the most recycled metals.
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Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
Industries are the main contributors in causing significant damage to the globe as they release toxic gases into the air, chemical wastes, and radioactive substances. Recycling should be practiced by all the small-scale Industries, companies thereby maintaining a healthy and clean environment.
Some industrial wastes generated are scrap metals, solvents, paints, adhesives, dirt and gravel, toxic chemicals. These wastes have a high level of toxic substances that cause genetic disorders, kidney failure, nervous and brain disorders to humans and wildlife. All private and government industries, small companies, and business sectors should have their own waste management system like land fillings, deep injection wells, and incineration.
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Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
Rubber recycling is the procedure where waste or damaged rubber materials can be recycled to create a new rubber product that can be used in similar ways. Tire recycling is one of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks because of their volume and resilience and as they are composed of components prone to damage the environment. The benefits associated with rubber recycling are: helps in conservation of non-renewable fossil fuels, cost-efficient than natural rubber production, possess great properties.
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American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries | Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Building Materials Reuse Association | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
Marine oil pollution is caused by leakage, spills of refined petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline into the sea, accidentally. It also includes the release of bunker fuels used by large ships, a spill of waste oil as well. These pollutants in the ocean affect all the marine life forms as well as humans. The toxin in water is taken by the small organisms, which is eaten by large fishes, and when these fishes are consumed by humans, it causes long-term health issues and birth defects. They also affect marine plants, corals, sea animals, and sea birds. Some of the ways to handle oil spills are the use of chemical dispersants, oil-absorbing pads, biological agents.
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Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc. | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association
Solid waste includes all the wastes from sources like residential, industrial, municipal wastes, Hospital/ Biomedical Waste, and so on. Solid waste management is associated with the collection, storage, transfer, treatment, and disposal of waste materials in the best way that causes no harm to the environment and life forms. Generally, due to the inappropriate disposal of wastes, there is several adverse effects on the surrounding environment. Different ways to combat solid waste management are Landfills, Incineration, Composting, Recover, Recycle and Reusing.
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Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
The landfill is a well-engineered methodology for the disposal of solid waste on or in the land. There are three major landfills: municipal waste, industrial waste, hazardous waste. The materials in these landfills decompose and produce methane gas, which is harmful to the surrounding inhabitants. So landfills are usually designed away from human residents.
A Sanitary landfill is a practice where the bottom of the landfill is covered with layers of sand and plastic so that the wastes don’t percolate to groundwater. Then the garbage is dumped and spread out in layers and covered with clay, soil, gravel, and soil. Here the wastes are allowed to decompose in a closed pit that doesn’t affect the surrounding water bodies.
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Carolina Recycling Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management |Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc.| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association| Building Materials Reuse Association | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association| Ontario Waste Management Association
Incineration is a process where the solid wastes are burned at high temperature in large furnaces, which reduces the volume and weight of the waste much lesser and give rise to ashes. It is estimated that the weight of the waste is reduced around 80%-85%, while the volume is reduced around 95% depending upon the material type. Incineration can be extensively applied to hazardous waste, municipal waste, bio-medical and medical wastes.
As well as the energy recovered from this process can be utilized to generate electricity. The main stages in incineration are sludge treatment, Combustion in furnace, and energy recovery. Incineration is usually carried in areas away from human residents.
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Building Materials Reuse Association | New York State Association for Solid Waste Management | Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries| American Forest and Paper Association |Carolina Recycling Association | International Solid Waste Association | National Waste & Recycling Association | National Recycling Coalition| Construction & Demolition Recycling Association | Arizona Recycling Coalition | Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council | New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, Inc. | Ontario Waste Management Association | Waste Management & Recycling Association of Singapore| National Glass Association