New Good Things From Rubbish — Flashcards

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The main message is that waste should be reused and recycled to save natural resources, reduce pollution, and protect the environment. The chapter shows that many old materials like paper, glass, meta…

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Recycling means transforming old or waste material into new, useful things. It is different from simple reuse because the material is processed and made into something useful again.

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Reuse means using the same object again and again without changing its form. Recycling changes waste into a new product. For example, a glass bottle can be reused many times, while waste paper can be …

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Burning rubbish causes pollution. It also wastes useful materials that could have been reused or recycled. That is why burning is not a good method of waste disposal.

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Plastic is difficult to recycle because it comes in many varieties. Some plastic bottles even have six layers of different plastics. There is no simple way to turn an old plastic bottle into a new one…

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Recycled plastic can be used to stuff seat cushions or to make plastic timber for fencing. These are lower-quality uses, which is why plastic recycling is limited compared with metal or glass recyclin…

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Metal recycling is much easier and more useful than plastic recycling. Old metal can be melted and made into new metal products. A car on the road today may contain metals from earlier scrapped cars.

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Aluminium is worth recycling because making aluminium from bauxite needs a huge amount of electricity. Since most aluminium is now recycled, the energy used to make aluminium has fallen by a quarter s…