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 |  موضوع: Recycling issue الثلاثاء يونيو 18, 2013 11:45 am | |
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Many polluting industries receive government support in order to succeed. Many of these industries extract virgin materials and devastate the environment, such as logging and mining companies. Unfortunately, recycling is too often left to fend for itself.
Many recycling activists lobby for government support and legislation for return/deposit (bottle bills), producer-take back, and minimum contents standards. The results have bee
The fundamental rule of recycling, mirrors that of medicine...first, do no harm. What makes you feel good, may not be good for the environment. Some forms of recycling are little more than waste disposal, particularly if petrochemicals and other toxics are involved. Some materials are unsafe to manufacture, use, and/or recycle.
In the U.S. most industrial chemicals are not tested for safety by the EPA.See Wastes & Toxics. Therefore, the recycling of plastics and other products manufactured using petrochemicals and other toxic components, should be preceded by the elimination of these toxic components to the greatest extent possible.
Composting food, sewage sludge, and other biodegradables that contain toxics or synthetic chemicals can be unsafe. The use of bottom and fly incinerator ash in the manufacture of materials (often used in building and road construction) can be unsafe. The ash can contain toxic heavy metals (chromium, cadmium, lead, arsenic, zinc, and other metals) as well as organic compounds (PCBs, dioxins, benzene, and other cancer-causing organics). See Incinerators. The burning of landfill gas for electricity is not practicing "clean energy," but instead releasing an array of toxic emissions. See: Landfills
Beneficial Use: As some governments and business look for cheap disposal alternatives to landfills and incinerators, it is increasing common that waste disposal masquerades as recycling. The term, "Beneficial Use" of waste, requires extreme caution. The EPA and state environmental agencies often permit the unsafe recycling and reuse of waste under the guise of "Beneficial Use." An example of a Beneficial Use is the burning of tires and hazardous waste for fuel, as well as the examples listed below.n disappointing. It is time for recycling to receive the government support it needs and deserves | |
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| | موضوع: رد: Recycling issue الخميس يونيو 27, 2013 7:39 pm | |
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