Excuses Why People Don’t
Recycle
"Not Available In Their
Area"
"Too Much Effort"
"Rubbish/Doesn't Make
A Difference"
"Too Busy"
"Too Difficult"
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Area Estimates Likely To Recycle
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Area Estimates Likely
To Recycle
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
West
East
South
Midwest
Percentage of Generations
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Total
Echo Boomers (18-30)
Gen X (31-40)
Baby Boomers (43-61)
Matures (62+)
What is recycling?
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Types of Recycling
Advantage and Disadvantage
What type of trash is recycled?
The 3 “R”’s
What is it?
• Recycling is the
process in which
the trash of a
product will be
transformed and
reused
Primary Recycling
Consists of the breaking down into articles with
physical and chemical properties identical to those
of the original materials.
There are four types:
-Separation
- Granulation
- Cleaning
- Pelletization
Distribution
Transformation
of Recycle
Products
Consumer
Seperation of the
residual
Recycle Advantages
• Saves energy
• Reduction in costs of
recollection
•
Reduction in volume
of solid waste
• Reduction of
contamination
• Useful life of systems of
replenishment is increased
• Economic stimulation in sale
of recyclables
• Reusable and non-reusable
natural resources are
protected
• Raw materials are saved
since recycled materials are
used in the manufacturing of
new products
REPERCUSIÓNS OF RECYCLING
• ILLNESSES CAUSED BY
SANITARY VECTORS
• CONTAMINATION OF WATER
• ATMOSPHERIC
CONTAMINATION
• FLOOR CONTAMINATION
• PROBLEMS PAISAJÍSTICOS
AND RISK
• MENTAL HEALTH
What Type of Trash is
Recycled?
EVERYTHING IS RECYCLED THAT CAN BE MADE
INTO ANOTHER PRODUCT
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Organic materials (food leftovers)
Paper and cardboard
glass
Metals (tin, aluminum, lead, zinc, ETC)
plastics
Seperate…
SEPARATING THE RESIDUALS AND
TREATING EACH APPROPRIATELY IS THE
KEY TO RECOVERY
Container color
Residuals included
container
yellow
Plastics, metals
Organic material
Green or orange
Food leftovers, diapers,
ashes, etc.
Paper-cardboard
blue
newspaper, magazines,
etc.
glass
Clear green
bottles, jars, etc.
rest
Different colors
Includes residuals not
mentioned above: rags,
containers of other
materials, etc.
PLASTIC RECYCLING
STAGES
• recollection
• Recycling center
• classification
DIVIDED INTO 3 CLASSES
• Simple plastic residuals: have been classified and
separated
• Mixed residuals: the different types of plastics are
found mixed together
• Mixed residual plastics mixed with other residuals:
paper, cardboard, metals.
BATTERY CONTENEDOR
• Container where
batteries are
disposed of to
avoid being
thrown away in
trash since they
contain
substances while
are harmful to
the environment
CLEAN POINT
• A clean point Is
named that
specializes in
treatment of
residuals, waste,
trash
The Three R’s
THE THREE "R“’S OF ECOLOGY ARE
REDUCE, RESUE & RECYCLE
Reuse…
• Giving maximum utility
to things instead of
destroying or getting rid
of them
• This saves energy that
would have been used to
destroy it
Reduce
• Choose products that are
less bundled
• Reduction in use of toxic
products and contaminants
• Shop with a reusable cloth
bag
• Decrease the use of
aluminum foil
• Limit use of styrofoam
plates and cups
• Reduce use of water and
energy
Recycling…
RECYCLING CONSISTS OF RE-USING
MATERIALS MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE
NEW PRODUCTS, SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCING THE UTILIZATION OF NEW
MATERIALS
SO WHAT’S OUR
COMMUNITY DOING TO
HELP THE RECYCLING
NEED?
Students in Free Enterprise
SIFE
• NWACC’s SIFE team structurized a recycle program to help our
college save money
– RECYCLE at NWACC was created on March of 2007
• Before our SIFE team implemented a recycle program our
campus did not have a recycling program.
• “The NWACC SIFE Recycle project exists
in an attempt to reduce the waste stream
NWACC produces…
• By comparing the savings, that SIFE is
responsible for we have effectively almost
cut the schools yearly waste expenditures in
half….” Rob Lovejoy Project Leader
• “NWACC spends $12,000 on
waste removal each year, our
SIFE has saved the college
$10, 000,” says Rob
• Emptying out the bottles has become a lot
harder to keep up with.
• Our SIFE team’s future goal with this
project is to reduce our energy
consumption within our campus
and to have a third party involved
with emptying the recycle bottles.
Sam’s Club 8209 Goes GREEN
Relocation
• The Sam’s Club in Springdale
relocated to Fayetteville.
• Brand New Environmentally
Sustainable Design.
• The Fayetteville Club
Sustainable Design
Sams 8209 Associates Goes GREEN
“Going green at Sam’s Club has taught me
the importance of recycling, I make sure
I separate my trash into the proper bins,”
Angel Bookout
Checkout Supervisor
“Working at Sam’s and going green has
effected my life at home by causing me
to recycle more and to drive slower to
save gas and my expenses,”
Halley Williams
Cashier/Safety Coordinator
Conclusion
Recycling is in everybodies
hands, contribute your grain of
sand!