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With the exploding costs of raw materials, many industries seek to efficiently sort and recycle their waste, with a goal of repurposing and reusing any materials that can have a second life. Types of waste converted Here are few common types of wastes that industries turn into quality secondary raw materials: 1. Plastic recovery The most common type of waste conversion in the industry is plastic. The use of plastic has increased by twenty-fold, and certain consumer products contain more than 50 different plastic resins. Recycling them poses a technical challenge. Although many companies offer plastic recycling techniques for plastic films, containers, bottles, technical industrial plastics, etc., even the most complex processes are needed to recycle food-grade plastics. 2. Biowaste recovery Recovery of biowaste as compost is another example of converting waste. The compost of food waste, plant waste, card, paper, and leaves, biowaste is a type of biodegradable waste generated by ma...

Many machines require oil to operate or run, including airplanes, vehicles, and lawnmowers. After the oil is used once in the machine, the substance must be disposed of in a safe way to protect the environment. According to the statistics provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), companies and people discard about 200 million gallons of spent (or used) oil every day. We are taught that fossil fuels like natural gas and oil formed hundreds of millions of years ago. Plants and prehistoric animals that once roamed the earth died and from these buried remains, a natural decomposition process took place that required eons of time, intense heat, and pressure. This prehistoric process helped form the fuels we use today to run the modern economy. Motor oil (and other oils) are not considered renewable resources, but there are ways to recycle and reuse various types of oil. Why is oil non-renewable? Oil is a non-renewable energy resource because it took millennia to fo...

Insufficient waste disposals are one of the most prominent and pressing problems that affect our planet. Even with high awareness of the global benefits of environmental sustainability, and improvements each year, we have a long way to go in terms of reversing the impacts of rampant pollution. In recent years there has been an increase in global plastic production amounting to 270-275 million tons but the pace of employing proper, sustainable waste solutions has not kept up. We must urgently spread awareness for proper and effective waste management especially regarding the types of waste that are most threatening to the environment. Here are some of the dangerous trash items currently polluting our planet, as well as the most suitable methods to dispose of them.   Plastic caps and bottles There are alarming environmental statistics regarding cap and plastic bottles pollution. The bottom line is that to spare the planet from the tens of billions of plastic caps and bottles that pol...