Recycling
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Hands On Plastics: Background Information for Students.
Visit this site by the American Plastics Council to learn about the
history of plastics and polymers and about the chemistry of the polymers that
make up plastics. This is an excellent site to begin your exploration of plastics.
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Hands On Plastics |
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Cleaning Up the Waste Stream – Recycling Plastics.
Visit this site for a brief discussion of the difficulties inherent in
recycling plastics. Scroll down to see a chart of the plastic container code
system and a description of each type of plastic that can be recycled.
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Cleaning Up the Waste Stream — Recycling Plastics |
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Recycling Plastics.
At this Colorado School of Mines site you can read a brief discussion of
how plastics are made, and about the chemistry of plastics. You can also read
about the benefits of using plastic packaging here.
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Recycling Plastics. |
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Earth 911: recycling centers, water pollution and conservation ...
Environmental information, recycling centers for aluminum,
mercury, paper, plastic, computers and recycling, reuse. Green shopping tips
and ideas on how to ...
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Earth 911 |
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Recycle City
Find out what happens to garbage and why recycling is important.
Includes a game and other activities.
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Recycle City |
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GrassRoots Recycling Network Home
Dedicated to environmental stewardship and
achieving a sustainable economy by eliminating waste and reusing, recycling
and composting resources.
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GrassRoots Recycling Network |
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EIA Kids Page - Recycling Paper and Glass...
Recycling glass is a relatively
good energy saver. Using recycled glass to make new glass products requires
30 percent less energy than making it from ...
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Recycling Paper and Glass... |
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