A History of Recycling

What is recycling?

• Recycling is a process to change (waste) materials into new products .• Recycling is the natural process , which is conected with all living organisms. • Recycling contains three components :

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Today we recycle for many of reasons

• To save energy• To create jobs• To built a strong economy• To reduce problems with

Recycling

•Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics.•We use three containers for each waste:

-white for glass,-yellow for paper, metal and plastic-all other trash is put into a green bin

Recycling

•Recycling centre on the outskirts of the city ----workers hand separate items before technology takes over:

steel is removed with a magnet, and plastic and cans are kept together, while paper and card are shipped by barge to a plant in Rouen for pulping.

Recycling is nothing new

• People have been doing it for thousands of years.• Even the earliest humans understood that throwing things away was wasteful and created health problems.

Recycling is still the wise thing to do

•1,600 B.C. – Religious, utilitarian and social convenions• 500 B.C. - Athens• Year 1031 - Japan• Year 1081 - The first mill to produce paper•Year 1865 - The Salvation Armz is founded in London in England• Year 1995 – American recycle a record 47.6 soft drink containers

Recycling now

In year 2014, the European Union has about 50 % of world share of the waste and recycling industries, with over 60,000 companies 500,00 prersons, with a turnover of 24 billion euro.

Weronika Wawrzyniak