Dangerous Wastes

People throw many things into the garbage without thinking about whether they are safe. A number of dangerous chemicals are used in the home, and if they get into the environment, they can harm wildlife.

Chemicals in the garden shed

Many harmful chemicals may be found in the garden shed or garage. These include pesticides ...

Recycling Glass

Recycling glass bottles 

Bottles to be recycled are collected at recycling centers. The glass is crushed to form cullet, which is transported to glass factories.
Glass is made from sand, soda ash, and limestone. Additives may be used to give the glass a color or to make it more resistant to heat. These raw materials ...

Paper & Cardboard Recycling

Paper is an incredibly useful material that is used in newspapers, magazines, and books. One of its most common uses is in packaging for food and other goods. Some paper, such as newspaper, is already made from recycled paper. Most other paper can also be recycled after use.

From paper bank to paper mill

Paper ...

Burn or Recycle?

Incinerators & 3R Approach

Incinerators are places where waste is burned. Some modern incinerators use the heat produced by the burning waste to generate electricity. These incinerators are called Waste-to-energy plants. There are problems with Incinerators, though. The smoke from incinerators may contain dangerous chemicals such as dioxin. Tiny quantities of this  chemical can cause ...

Dealing With Household Junk

Every day we throwaway mountains and tons of waste. This includes packaging from food and goods, paper and envelopes, cans and bottles, plastic bags, kitchen waste, junk furniture, and much more.  More people, more waste.

As the number of people in the world increases, so does the amount of waste. However, not all parts of ...

ABC of Paper Recycling for Kids: What's The Limit

You may by now be wondering what happens when paper made from recycled paper is finished with? Can it be recycled again? In other words, can paper be recycled indefinitely?
The simple answer to this last question is no. Although some types of paper can be recycled several times over, there is a limit. Plant ...

ABC of Paper Recycling for Kids: Paper Into Paper.

Waste paper arrives at the recycling mill in enormous bales. The waste has been compressed tightly and bound with wire, so a single bale can weigh about a ton. This has the advantage that a lot of scrap can be stored in a small space, and it also helps reduce transportation costs.
A recycling mill ...

ABC of Paper Recycling for Kids: Keep It Separate.

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The first vital stage in recycling paper is to keep it separate from general ...

ABC of Paper Recycling for Kids: All About Paper

Paper and printing have formed a basis for modern civilization. These two inventions meant that knowledge could be recorded and widely spread; laws, literature, science and philosophy could be communicated across continents and oceans. Even computers rely on paper for printing out. We have also come to rely on paper packaging, from the paper bag ...

Waste Management: ABC Paper Recycling for Kids. 2nd Volume.

You may know about the problem of waste at first hand, because you have to walk every day through streets strewn with litter. Or perhaps you have seen news reports about the waste crisis in New York. This crowded city has simply run out of land on which to dump its garbage. In recent years ...