You may have heard of the term urban mining but what is it ?
Basically, it is reclaiming Resorces by sorting the waste stream from the urban environment.
both commercial (including rural farms) and Domestic households.
as you can see from the above photos, an amazing amount of useful things go to landfill. usually because the owner of these thing doesn't have the time ,money,knowlage or any incentive to save all this good material
a list of things that can be recovered.
concrete can be crushed and used for roadbase and fill
metals of all types can be reused or if damaged easily recycled
timber can be used to make other items or used for firewood or even shredded for garden mulch
packaging lots of ways to reuse or recycle depending on type
eletrical items some can be fixed by an expert or broken down to extract metals etc.
other small things like
pill blisterpacks ,printer cartridges alfoil ,batteries pens bottle lids .. can all be saved from the grave at the landfill at the correct place
even food waste can be composted at home (best idea!!!) or taken to a commercial facility
Slowly more and more company's are finding solutions to the problems associated with recycling a wide range of products.
It would be better for the world if we all lived a simpler life and all use more environmentally friendly products.
But till we get to that point URBAN MINING is a good way of reducing the need for more mines. More forest clearing.
that is on thing ITS NOT WASTE was started for to use thing from urban mining to make new products.
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