about Recycling
" If people can see recycling happen in an innovative, creative way, they are much more likely to recycle in their everyday lives." - Remarkable
Recycling refers to materials that can become transformed into new products. Recycling ensures that useful materials do not end up in landfills or in waste incineration. The raw materials are limited, so we have to make the best of what we have. Today, nearly 70 percent of all household waste can be recycled - glass, cans, paper, plastic, clothing and fabrics, and paints.
be disposed of separately and recycled are:
glass - cans - beverage cans - paper - telephone books - batteries - plastic - organic waste
Reusing old items in the interior design is a real form of recycling, because even so, flawless materials are saved from the dump. But of course this is also about conventional recycling materials made from waste.
Even certified recycling products sometimes contain only a relatively small percentage of recycled material. Some even consider products that are made up of up to 60 percent new materials as "recycled".
Sources:
Heath, Oliver (Hrsg.) (2009): Green living: Wohnideen für Umweltbewusste. München.
