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*Reduces effort needed "downstream", and increases odds of the materials being used vs being landfilled, or used as [[RDF]] | *Reduces effort needed "downstream", and increases odds of the materials being used vs being landfilled, or used as [[RDF]] | ||
*Most commonly the categories are: | *Most commonly the categories are: | ||
**Mixed Plastics (on a community level, by plastic is obiously better) | **Mixed [[Plastics]] (on a community level, by plastic is obiously better) | ||
**Metals | **Metals | ||
**Glass | **[[Glass Recycling]] | ||
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* | *[https://www.epa.gov/transforming-waste-tool/contracting-best-practices-source-separation-requirement-or-preference The EPA . gov page on Source Seperation] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:07, 3 March 2021
Basics
- Recyclable materials that are sorted by the entity producing the waste
- Reduces effort needed "downstream", and increases odds of the materials being used vs being landfilled, or used as RDF
- Most commonly the categories are:
- Mixed Plastics (on a community level, by plastic is obiously better)
- Metals
- Glass Recycling