The future of recycling: innovation for the circular economy
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The future place of recycling will be determined by improving waste management, developing new technologies, and incentivising reuse.
Recycling is one of those small steps for men, but a great step for mankind, on which the sustainability of the planet depends. Fortunately, recycling is increasingly embedded in society. Hundreds of projects and initiatives already exist which call on us to make the change toward a circular economy, where waste is transformed into resources with the aim of exploiting what we extract from the environment to the maximum.
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- The importance of recycling
- Innovations in the area of recycling
- Classification of waste
- Treatment of waste
- Incentives to recycle.
The importance of recycling
We live surrounded by plastic: packaging, clothes, containers, tyres, suitcases, furniture, etc. Everything seems to be made from plastic or owes something to this material. But it has only been around for a relatively short while. It was b...
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