Although all 40 kinds of plastics used in a North American automobile can be recycled, the need to separate and clean them makes using them more expensive than using virgin plastic resins.

Less than 10 of plastic trash is recycled compared to almost 90 of metals because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic.

I've kept the tiles I've kept the floors I've kept the trunking I've got in some recycled fridges I've got some recycled tills I've got some recycled trolleys.

Plastic debris accounted for 77 , of which 93 was plastic bags.

He looks at how rubbish is collected and often recycled.

Empty plastic water bottle

Recycling of plastic in many developing countries means the incineration of the plastic, the burning of the plastic, which releases incredible toxic chemicals and, once again, kills people.

In 2007 35 of the demand was met by recycled germanium.

And both in the production of plastic, the use of plastic and the disposal of plastic, the people who have the bull's eye on their foreheads are poor people.

It's a bad thing that plastic breaks down into smaller little bits, because it's always still plastic.

The introduction of a deposit scheme for plastic bottles in Germany boosted the plastic recycling rate significantly.

Sami is a plastic surgeon.

The Dirt on Plastic Waste

Plastic does not burn easily.

Plastic does not break easily.

Mike Biddle We can recycle plastic

i have a cap from plastic

Sami was a prominent plastic surgeon.

Dianna Cohen Tough truths about plastic pollution

Van Jones The economic injustice of plastic

Eben Bayer Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Sami placed plastic explosive near the window.

Sami stuck plastic explosive on the window.

Sami has never been into plastic surgery.

Sami was a prominent Cairo plastic surgeon.

Plastic explosives Other explosives and their precursors.

Nearly 30 percent of structural steel used in the building consists of recycled steel.

The import of recovered recycled reclaimed CFCs is legally prohibited in several countries visited.

And these are just a few examples of companies that are buying our plastic, replacing virgin plastic, to make their new products.

Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic

Prepackaged meals may come with a disposable plastic spork.

I began to be fascinated by plastic, so I spent four months making eight plastic blocks perfectly optically transparent, as a kind of release of stress.

We've been talking a lot about the horrific impacts of plastic on the planet and on other species, but plastic hurts people too, especially poor people.

Singapore is leading the way in another area as well production and distribution of potable recycled water.

Furthermore, industry should seek new applications for recycled materials, while minimizing the amount of virgin material used.

Singapore is leading the way in another area as well production and distribution of potable recycled water.

Recycled materials do not need to be delivered to centralized processing centers and then forwarded to factories.

Sprinkling water in front of buildings in the summer is prohibited. Use recycled water for irrigation purposes.

About 60 percent of the waste were recycled and 40 percent were disposed in incinerators and landfills

For this reason, approximately 31 of all aluminium produced in the United States comes from recycled scrap.

A holder in front of the lens can hold a colored plastic film ( gel ) to tint the light or wire screens or frosted plastic to diffuse it.

A street children plays in the plastic dumps in Bangladesh.

I knew it was plastic but it tasted like wood.

Properly recycled savings, including corporate profits, could go back mainly into high return public or private sector investments.

Most of the paper waste and bottles used by visitors to the island are recycled and re used.