Recyclable waste

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Recyclable waste is a waste type that has the potential to be recycled. A typical municipal waste stream (bin bag) contains the following components that can be recycled if recovered in a suitably clean state with little contamination:

• Plastic
  • PET
  • HDPE
  • LDPE
• Metals
  • Ferrous metals (steel cans & other iron and steel products)
  • Non-ferrous metals (aluminium drinks cans, copper scrap, metal scrap)
• Glass (either to be recycled into new glass containers or used as an aggregate)
• Paper (biodegradable waste that can be directly recycled)
• Biodegradable waste can also be composted or used to produce biogas via anaerobic digestion

[edit] See also

• Recycling
• The waste hierarchy
• Waste types
• Scrap

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