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Innovations That Will Change the Way We Recycle by \| 25-06-2016 01:55
Recylcing has revolutionized from only being limited to conventional Newspapers, Cans and Plastic bottles. With, recycling, the only solution of the hour, we need to bring a transition to improve our products and make them more recyclable. Here are a few creative approaches to getting the best out of our natural resources. The Forever Cup Those red plastic party cups you see almost everywhere have a serious flaw: They?re made of polystyrene, which is hardly ever recycled. The firm *InCycle* has an alternative: cups made out of the commonly recycled plastic PET. The opaque, lightweight cups are made of discarded soda bottles and can be turned back into more cups or new soda bottles. Old Cotton Made New Growing cotton takes a lot of water. Until now, when a cotton garment wears out, there?s been no easy method for reclaiming the fiber for new clothes. Scientists at Sweden?s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, working with Swedish textile firms, have found a way to turn worn-out cotton into rayon, resulting in the first-ever dress made from recycled cotton Tire Power Over 290 million automobile tires are discarded each year. Since 1990, the recycling rate of these tires has climbed from just 17 percent to more than 80 percent. Australian scientist Veena Sahajwalla is now using old tires to replace coal and coke in steel mills. In addition to keeping millions of tires out of landfills, her method reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Wi-Fi Recycling The Finnish firm Enevo has a new way to make collecting more efficient. The company?s small wireless sensors attach to recycling bins to continually monitor how much space they have left. Avoiding stops at half-empty bins saves money, burns less fuel, and lowers emissions. Enevo also offers software that plans the most efficient truck routes between bins ready for emptying. Cigarettes to Supercapacitors It?s not a good reason to keep smoking, but a study published in January found that the toxic cellulose acetate fibers in cigarette filters can be used to make supercapacitors—fast-charging electrical power storage devices that have the potential to replace some batteries. That could cut down on landfill and the use of toxic materials to make rechargeable batteries. Turning Toxic Trash Into Solar Energy Lead-acid batteries are a huge environmental problem, especially in the developing world, where recycling rates are low and many people rely on them for household power. In July, a team of MIT engineers reported a straightforward way to recover toxic lead from old batteries to make a new kind of solar cell. One battery can supply enough material to produce enough solar panels to power 30 houses. A Lightbulb Recycling Machine So-called reverse vending machines that give you cash for your bottles and cans have been a thing for a few years. Now, people in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates can dispose of their used lightbulbs the same way, using machines that separate LEDs and compact fluorescents from incandescent bulbs. Built by U.K. firm reVend, the machines allow recyclers to remove and recycle the small quantities of mercury and other toxic substances found in fluorescents and some LEDs. Article Source http://www.takepart.com/photos/recycling-gallery/lightbulb-recycling-machine Image Sources InCycle/Instagram Enevo/Flickr Basel Action Network/Flickr Courtesy reVend

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