Recycling revolution
Published on Mar 17, 2016
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Recycling is the processing of used and waste materials into new products and most materials can now be recycled.
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Recycling is the third most sustainable option for managing waste materials as described by the waste hierarchy: prevent, prepare for reuse, recycle, recover other value, and disposal.
How the other countries around the world approach recycling of everyday rubbish?
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UK: 60% of all household waste could be recycled or composted, but the largest nation in the UK, England, appears to be reusing only 17.7%.
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Switzerland is proud of its recycling efforts. Glass and paper are just some of the things the average Swiss refuses to simply throw away.
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Today, the US recycles about 28% of its waste, the EPA says, a rate that has almost doubled during the past 15 years.
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Nearly 10,000 Danes are in the business of collecting waste, more than 0.1% of the entire population.
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The Germans like to think of themselves as the world champions of the environment. There is no denying the fact that Germans take green issues seriously
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Greece, he admits, is at least 15 years behind the rest of the EU in almost all areas of recycling and is unlikely to meet EU targets for next year
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Romans often claim that it is hard to find a bin and even harder to find one that is not full.
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Recycling is not done on an industrial scale, but it is part of daily life for many resourceful Senegalese.
Everything is recycled.
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