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Popular Mechanics did a series on the economics of recycling that goes into some more detail: "Is Recycling Worth It?": http://www.popularmechanics.com/science
by britta 13y ago
Popular Mechanics did a series on the economics of recycling that goes into some more detail:
"Is Recycling Worth It?": http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recycling/4291566 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recyclin...
Comparing types of material: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recycling/4291576 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recyclin...
Half-truths about recycling: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recycling/4290631 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recyclin...
And a followup, "What's the Future of Recycling After the Market's Precipitous Plunge?: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recycling/4298520 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/recyclin...
- mturmon 13y agoThanks for that. I learned that it's very likely that most of the stuff I put in the bin is actually recycled (except, it seems, for some plastics). I had been skeptical.
- Shivetya 13y agoYou can find a whole days worth of entertainment by simply searching on "how X is made". Discovery Channel has a lot of entries on youtube as do other producers of similar content. I am always fascinated by how air is used in sorting various items, from the colored glass in this application to even filtering out bad potato chips.