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recycling

[rē′sīk·liŋ]
(electronics)
Returning to an original condition, as to 0 or 1 in a counting circuit.
(engineering)
The extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials.
(nucleonics)
Reuse of fissionable nuclear reactor fuel by chemical processing, reenriching, and refabricating into new fuel elements.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Recycling

The collection and reprocessing of materials to produce new products; can also be applied to the refurbishment or reuse of old buildings.
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First, he says, is the increasing sale of water and juice in plastic bottles, which have a lower recycling rate.
For more information on VI'S recycling program, please visit www.vinylinfo.com/recycling.
Also complete recycling plants with grinders, cold and hot washers, separation tanks and dryers.
"Without recycling, given current virgin raw material supplies, we could not print the daily newspaper, build a car, or ship a product in a cardboard box" says Powell.
* Community Paper Recycling Awards, recognizing communities that have successfully implemented paper recovery and recycling programs, were awarded to:
One company that has heeded the call and has been quietly working away getting practical day-to-day experience of recycling is BMW.
Older buildings have a great deal going for them, and it is worth considering the recycling of these important structures, prior to condemning them to the junk pile.
* Emissions and waste by-products: In order to maintain the environmental balance, emissions and waste by-products from the recycling processes should be less than the emissions and waste by-products generated by the initial material manufacturing processes.
Environmentalists regret only that it took Americans until the 11th hour to begin widespread recycling. But now that many of us have accepted the reuse-it mentality, everything is as it should be, right?
According to NatureWorks, PLA enjoys a number of disposal options in addition to landfill, including mechanical or chemical recycling, composting and incineration.
The various types of materials were sent for recycling as opposed to being landfilled; and there were no specifications for external contractors to adhere to.
BARTEX RECYCLING Lines from Sikoplast GmbH are custom-built for most plastics.
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