A recycled computer offers many benefits. For a child’s first computer, they offer a less expensive option that has the same power as a new one, while allowing your little one to learn how to care for a computer.
Businesses that deal in scrap metal recycling go through several steps before they can turn old metal into new. These include sourcing, recovery, sorting, baling, shearing, smelting, brokering, and more.
Want to find a great deal on technology? You may not imagine the value that you can find if you are willing to look at recycled computers and other techy gadgets. They can work just as well as the new version, without the extra cost.
Refrigerants are compounds that start in liquid form and are boiled to create a gas, and then allowed to condense back into liquid. The compounds initially used have been phased out by many countries around the world in favor of less destructive ones.
Between 1997 and 2003, the number of Australians who recycled all types of waste increased by 825 percent. However, the number of goods recycled in the United States in the past decade is only 100 percent.
Did you know 24 trees must be cut down to produce a ton of non-recycled office paper? Using recycled paper saves 74 percent of the air pollution and 34 percent of the water pollution produced during the original manufacturing process.
Recycling has a positive effect upon your carbon footprint. Recycling just one refrigerator prevents as many as 10 tons of CO2 and CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere. That is equal to taking two cars off the road for one year.
What types of fluids, once used, can be considered used oil? Some examples include refrigerant oil, gear oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, and hydraulic oil.
Did you know that when you recycle a glass bottle, the material could potentially end up back on a shelf in your grocery store in less than a month?
To offset the amount of waste that traditional coffins cause when they are buried, a British company called “Ecopod” now provides coffins that are made from 100 percent recycled paper.
Would you believe that a large amount of what is labeled as “e-waste” is not actually waste at all? On the contrary, it is whole electronic equipment or parts that are readily marketable for reuse, or can be recycled for materials recovery.
Were you aware that many recycling processes require less energy than it would take to manufacture the same item brand-new? For example, recycling steel uses less energy than the entire process of mining iron ore, refining it, and forging new steel.
Did you know that recycling goes back as far as the 1930s? Economic depressions made recycling a necessity for many people to survive, since they couldn’t afford new goods. In the 1940s, items such as nylon, rubber, and many metals were rationed and recycled to help support the war effort.
In addition to being environmentally responsible, recycling aluminum is economically responsible. The demand for aluminum continues to grow, and using recycled aluminum requires much less energy and resources. In fact, aluminum is generally the most valuable material in a recycling bin.
The most recycled individual product used by consumers in America is the aluminum can – whether for soft drinks, energy drinks or other products. While aluminum cans are used for many different purposes, the beverage industry produces the most cans every year.
When a piece of electronic equipment such as a computer or television “breaks” that usually doesn’t mean that everything inside has spoiled like fruit. Many components in your broken equipment can be salvaged when recycled and be saved from ending up in a landfill.
Many paper products are able to be recycled into a wide range of other products. For example, newspapers can be transformed into egg cartons, game boards, new newspaper, gift boxes, animal bedding, insulation and packaging material.
Scrap metal can be found just about everywhere. It can be recovered from old automobiles, railroad tracks, household appliances, abandoned buildings, farm equipment, and even consumer electronics.
If refrigeration fluids are potentially toxic, why are they in use? Many remain in regular use because they’re more effective than other known alternatives. For example, ammonia cools as much as 10 percent more efficiently than CFCs, which reduces electricity use and operating costs.
Ever wonder why it's important to separate colors of glass? It's actually less about the color and more about the chemistry. The different colors have different make ups that makes melting them together a problem. That's also why heat-resistant glass should be kept separate from normal glass.
Biodiesel has many economical advantages such as the fact it benefits American farmers, American businesses and the national economy. It creates jobs and new markets for domestic agricultural products and keeping our energy dollars domestic.
All refrigeration systems contain potentially hazardous refrigerants that must be properly recycled. To safely recycle the physical components, the refrigerant must be removed from the smallest dorm refrigerator as well as large industrial refrigeration plants.
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Used oil can be cleaned of contaminants and can be recycled over and over again. Some uses for recycled oil include industrial burner oil, and mold oil to help release products from their molds (e.g. pressed metal products, concrete).