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Recycling Overview
Ing. Fernando L. Rodríguez
President – SWANA Caribbean
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Waste Screening Objectives
• Know waste generator categories
• Define hazardous waste
• Recognize specific exemptions to the
definition of hazardous waste• Define and describe other wastes that are
typically prohibited by state and federal
regulations
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Waste Screening
• Potential problems associated with hazardous or
unacceptable wastes – Liability due to future releases of contaminants
– Worker injury
– Civil and criminal penalties
– Damage to environmental control and leachatesystems
– Soil and groundwater contamination
– Adverse reactions against facility from neighbors andgeneral public
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Waste Screening
• Hazardous wastes
• Exceptions to HW’s (EPA: 13 exceptions)
– House Hold Wastes (HHW)
–
Cement kiln dust – Arsenic-Treated Wood
– Used Oil Filters
– Petroleum Contaminated Media
– Mining & Mineral Processing Wastes
These types of wastes are
excluded from Hazardous
waste definition of the EPA;this does not make them
automatically acceptable to
a solid waste facility.
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Integrated Solid Waste
Management Hierarchy
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RecyclingRecycling is the series of activities by
which discarded materials are
collected, sorted, marketed,
processed, and transformed or
manufactured into recyclablematerials, as well as the purchase
and use of recycled products.
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Other Key Definitions
Reuse is the use of a product more than once in the
same form for the same or different purpose without substantial alteration.
Composting is the biological decomposition of organic
wastes under control conditions resulting in a material that may serve as soil additive.
Actions taken to reduce solid waste toxicity or
generation by manufacturers and consumers is known
as source reduction.
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Recycling Loop
Traditional meaning:
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Alternate meaning:Collecting, processing and manufacturing
products with recycled content, and
purchasing products containingrecycled material
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More on RecyclingBenefits of Recycling
• Preserves naturalresources
• Conserves energy
• Has positive economic
impacts
• Reduces greenhousegas emissions
• Extends landfill life
Misinformation /Misperceptions
• We can recycle only asmall percentage of our solid waste
• Recycling is more
costly than disposal• We have plenty of
landfills – recyclingisn’t necessary
• People should get paidto recycle
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Key Activities - Recycling
Separation
Collection
Processing
Manufacturing
Purchase of Manufactured Products
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Material Profiles• RR: 48%
• Average aluminum canscontain 40% recycledcontent
Aluminum
• RR: 63%
Steel Cans
• RR: 29% (HDPE)
• RR: 27% (PET)
Plastic Bottles
• RR: 71%
Office Paper
• RR: 28%
• 90% of recycled glass isused to make newcontainers
Glass
• RR: 99%
Car Batteries
• RR: 35%
Tires
*RR: Recycling RateSource: US EPA 2008
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MSW Recycling Rates, 1960 to 2008
Source: US EPA - Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in the
United States: Facts and Figures for 2008
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Questions?
References:
•U.S. EPA, 2008
•SWANA Managing Recycling Systems Manual
•SWANA Waste Screening Manual
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Avila, España
Barcelona, España
Capri, ItaliaPompeya, Italia
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Feria de Residuos 2010
IFEMA – Madrid, España
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