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WasteSection 2 Reducing Solid Waste Source reduction is any change in the design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials or products to reduce their amount of toxicity before they become municipal solid waste. Source reduction also includes the reuse of products or materials. If we produce less waste, we will reduce the expense and difficulty of collecting and disposing of it.

WasteSection 2 Buying Less and Lasting Longer Consumers can influence manufacturers to reduce solid waste by buying products that have less packaging or that can be used more than once. For example, you could purchase dish towels instead of paper towels. Manufacturers could also reduce waste and conserve resources by redesigning products to use less material and to last longer.

WasteSection 2 Recycling Recycling is the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap. Recycling also refers to the process of reusing some items. Making products from recycled materials usually saves energy, water, and other resources. For example, 95% less energy is needed to produce aluminum from recycled aluminum than from ore. About 70% less energy is needed to make paper from recycled paper than from trees.

WasteSection 2 Recycling: A Series of Steps The steps of recycling include: collecting and sorting discarded materials by type taking the materials to a recycling facility cleaning the discarded materials so that they can be shredded or crushed reusing the shredded or crushed material to manufacture new products selling the new products to consumers

WasteSection 2 Recycling: A Series of Steps If more people purchase products made from recycled materials, there would be an increase in demand for these products. Manufacturers would then build more facilities to make recycled products and, in turn, make it easier for communities to recycle.

WasteSection 2 Yard waste often makes up more than 15% of a community’s solid waste. Composting can be an effective way of handling biodegradable waste from businesses and homes. If all biodegradable wastes were composted, the amount of solid waste going to landfills could be reduced. Composting

WasteSection 2 Changing the Materials We Use Simply changing the materials we use could eliminate much of the solid waste we produce. Recycling other common household products into new, useable products could also help eliminate solid waste. For example, plastic beverage containers can be recycled to make nonfood containers, insulation, carpet yarn, textiles, fiberfill, and more.

WasteSection 2 Degradable Plastics Photodegradable plastic, unlike nonbiodegradable plastics, is made to become weak and brittle when left in the sun for many weeks. Eventually, it breaks into pieces. Green plastic, is made by blending the sugars in plants with a special chemical agent to make plastics.

WasteSection 2 Degradable Plastics The production of green plastics requires 20 to 50% less fossil fuel. This plastic has also been engineered to degrade within 45 days of being thrown away. When green plastic is buried, the bacteria in the soil eat the sugars and leave the plastic weakened and full of microscopic holes. The chemical agent then gradually causes the long plastic molecules to break into shorter molecules.

WasteSection 2 Problems with Degradable Plastics The main problem with degradable plastics is that the plastic parts are only reduced to smaller pieces, not eliminated. Degradable plastics can help reduce the harmful effects that plastic litter has on animals in the environment. Although this type of plastic can help reduce the harmful effects of plastic litter, the plastic itself will remain just as long as regular plastics.