Recycle

Production

Recycling Process
Collecting and processing secondary materials, manufacturing recycled-content products, and then purchasing recycled products creates a circle or loop that ensures the overall success and value of recycling.

Recycle is the third R of the R’s Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
Recycling = making something old into something new.

Step 1. Collection and Processing
There are four prime methods: curbside, drop-off centers, buy-back centers, and deposit/refund programs.
Recyclable materials or products are sent to a resources improvement facility to be sorted and prepared into profitable supplies for manufacturing. Recyclables are bought and sold just like any other product, and prices for the materials change and oscillate with the market. Collecting these recyclable materials varies from the community to community.

Step 2. Manufacturing
Once cleaned and divided, the recyclables are set to undergo the second part of the recycling process. More and more of today's products are being manufactured with total or unfinished recycled content. General household items that contain recycled materials include aluminum, plastic, and glass soft drink containers; steel cans; and plastic laundry detergent bottles: and newspaper and paper towels. Recycled materials also are used in modern applications such as recovered glass in roadway asphalt or recovered plastic in carpeting, park benches, and pedestrian bridges.

Step 3. Buying Recycled Products
By, “purchasing recycled products”, governments, as well as businesses and (individual) consumers, each take part in an important role in making the recycling process a success. Purchasing recycled materials completes the recycling loop.