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    Recycling is the process of collecting materials that would otherwise be considered trash and remanufacturing them into new products. It involves separating recyclable materials from trash and sending them to a recycling center where they are reprocessed. Common items that can be recycled include glass, steel cans, aluminum, plastic bottles and containers, and newspapers. Recycling conserves natural resources, saves energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, creates jobs, and prevents waste from ending up in landfills. Public support for the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle is important to protect the environment and sustainability.

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    Recycling is the process of collecting materials that would otherwise be considered trash and remanufacturing them into new products. It involves separating recyclable materials from trash and sending them to a recycling center where they are reprocessed. Common items that can be recycled include glass, steel cans, aluminum, plastic bottles and containers, and newspapers. Recycling conserves natural resources, saves energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, creates jobs, and prevents waste from ending up in landfills. Public support for the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle is important to protect the environment and sustainability.

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    Recycling is the process of collecting materials that would otherwise be considered trash and remanufacturing them into new products. It involves separating recyclable materials from trash and sending them to a recycling center where they are reprocessed. Common items that can be recycled include glass, steel cans, aluminum, plastic bottles and containers, and newspapers. Recycling conserves natural resources, saves energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, creates jobs, and prevents waste from ending up in landfills. Public support for the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle is important to protect the environment and sustainability.

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    Recycling is the process of collecting materials that would otherwise be considered trash and remanufacturing them into new products. It involves separating recyclable materials from trash and sending them to a recycling center where they are reprocessed. Common items that can be recycled include glass, steel cans, aluminum, plastic bottles and containers, and newspapers. Recycling conserves natural resources, saves energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, creates jobs, and prevents waste from ending up in landfills. Public support for the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle is important to protect the environment and sustainability.

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    Recycle

    What is recycling?
    Recycling is the process of collecting materials that are often
    considered trash and remanufacturing them into new products that
    can be resold and used again. It is made possible by people who
    separate the recyclable products from their trash and send the items
    to a recycling center where the products are reprocessed into new
    items. Recycling can also include reusing products for different
    purposes in your own home instead of throwing them away, such as
    using an old coffee can as a planter or a milk carton as a bird feeder.
    Reduce, reuse, recycle is the mantra we often hear every time
    theres a discussion about recycling . Reducing waste means not only
    to reduce the volume of waste that goes to the landfills, but it also
    means decreasing the amount of dangerous chemicals that seep into
    the soil and pollute the air due to improper waste disposal. Reuse is
    basically extending the usage of most of the items we have in the
    house by reusing or donating these items to others in a free recycle
    group, for example. To complete the cycle, we must do it as part of
    our lifestyle to purchase and use products made from recycled
    materials.

    What's in your Rubbish Bin?


    A large percentage of household's still do not recycle enough and throw everything that they consider 'rubbish' into their ordinary bin.
    Much of this waste can be recycled and should be disposed of separately to general household waste. Look inside this rubbish bin to see how much of
    the contents should actually have been recycled. Check our list on the right to see how to recycle different materials.

    Why is recycling
    important?
    Recycling is more important than ever because just throwing away trash in
    a
    landfill or digging a hole and burying it is not a solution to the waste
    problem.
    Most natural trash items like food can break down and decompose in a
    matter of weeks, leaving no trace of it in the environment. But for manmade
    products like glass, plastic bags and aluminum cans it may take months or
    years to break down. Here are some averages for how long it takes certain
    products to biodegrade in the earth:

    Plastic soda bottles: 1 million years


    Glass: 1 million years
    Aluminum cans: 50 to 200 years
    Paper: 1 to 5 months
    Disposable diaper: 500 years
    Batteries: 100 years

    Structure of a Landfill

    WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED?

    1) GLASS
    Glass is completely recyclable and saves precious energy
    resources. Making products from recycled glass uses less
    energy than starting from scratch. Recycled glass is made
    into
    new beverage bottles, food jars, insulation and other
    construction materials. Usually, clear glass containers are
    recycled into new clear glass products, while colored glass
    containers are recycled into new colored glass products. For
    this reason, some recycling programs may ask you to
    separate
    glass containers by color. Many curbside recycling
    programs
    will collect clear and colored glass containers and Separate
    them for you. Since food in containers can attract insects,
    rinse them in water. Labels do not need to be removed.
    Some
    recycling programs will ask that lids and metal rings around
    the necks of containers be removed. DO NOT include
    window
    glass, ceramics, light bulbs or ovenware, because these
    items
    can damage a glass manufacturer's furnace.

    2) STEEL CANS
    Steel cans are eagerly sought by the steel
    industry because
    they are a good source of steel scrap and their
    tin coating
    also can be recovered and recycled. A magnet
    sticks to steel
    cans. You might want to flatten food and beverage
    cans to
    save space. As with other recyclable containers,
    they should

    WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED?


    4) PLASTIC

    3) ALUMINUM
    Aluminum is the most valuable of household
    recyclables. Aluminum cans are recycled to
    produce new aluminum cans. By recycling
    aluminum cans, you are helping to conserve
    energy. To make sure that a can is aluminum,
    use a magnet and see that it DOES NOT stick
    to the can's top and sides. Rinse the cans to
    prevent attracting insects and crush them if
    you need to save space. Other sources of
    household aluminum such as clean aluminum
    foil, clean pie tins,aluminum siding, and the
    metal frames of aluminum lawn furniture also
    can be recycled. These items, however, may
    not be accepted by your local program or may
    require special handling. Check with your local
    recycling program.

    The plastics industry has developed a coding system to


    help consumers identify different types of plastic resins
    used in packaging. The codes can be found on the bottom of
    most
    plastic containers. Of the many types of plastics used in
    packaging,
    two types of plastic from household trash are commonly recycled
    today:
    Plastic Soda Bottles: The material used to make plastic soda
    bottles
    (polythylene terephthalate or PET) is recyclable. These bottles are
    coded with the number1 and the letters PETE. About 30percent
    of
    all PET bottles sold are recycled into a variety of products. The
    bottles you recycle could end up as carpet backing, sleeping bag
    insulation, containers for non-food items, tool handles, auto parts
    and even clothing. Rinse, remove caps and rings, and flatten
    bottles
    to save space.
    Plastic Milk Jugs:The plastic used in one-gallon milk and water
    jugs
    (high density polyethylene or HDPE) is also recycled to make
    products such as trash cans, flower pots and plastic pipe. Your
    recycling program may also accept other HDPE containers such
    as
    those sued for laundry products. These containers are coded
    with the number2 and the letters HDPE. As with other containers,
    rinse and flatten them to save space.

    WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED?

    5) NEWSPAPER
    Newspapers are commonly recycled into paperboard,
    new newsprint, insulation and animal bedding
    products. Recycling newspapers saves valuable
    space in
    landfills. Put newspapers in paper bags or tie in
    bundles
    with string. In general, you can include any inserts
    (advertisements, comics) originally delivered with
    the
    paper.

    How Does Recycling Work?


    At its best, recycling is a five-stage, closed-loop process, beginning
    with the purchase
    of recycled or recyclable products. After the products are used, they
    are collected for
    recycling, prepared for shipping, shipped to market, and finally
    reprocessed into new
    products or materials. The new products are then available to be
    purchased and used to continue the cycle.

    What are the benefits of


    recycling?
    We cannot sustain our consumerist lifestyle without getting inundated by garbage
    and exhausting the
    earths resources. The products that we use are wrapped in several layers of
    packaging material that are
    perfectly recyclable plastic, aluminum, paper, tin, wood, etc. Solid waste disposal
    experts engage in an
    uphill struggle to contain this virtual avalanche of garbage we produce everyday. It
    is apparent that
    digging a hole, a landfill, is clearly not the answer. Sooner or later, the waste
    becomes uncontainable
    and will spill into our farming areas, forests, and water sources.
    Here are a few reasons why:
    Conserves natural resources such as wood, water and minerals
    Saves energy because less energy is used to manufacture brand new products
    Produces less greenhouse gases because industries burn fewer fossil fuels
    Recycling programs cost less than waste disposal programs
    You can receive money for turning in certain recyclable products
    Recycling centers create 4 jobs for every 1 job in the waste disposal industry
    Recycling programs keep 70 tons of waste from being deposited into landfills
    every year
    Prevents the destruction of natural habitats
    Decreases soil erosion associated with mining and logging

    Useful Link
    Monday, May 10, 2010
    THE Minister of Development has called for public support to protect the
    environment by observing the 3Rs concept of reduce, reuse and recycle.
    Minister Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Abdullah
    Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar said the ministry was trying to
    get the
    public's support for the 3Rs concept, through various activities at the
    Customer Day.

    http://www.bt.com.bn/news-national/2010/05/10/callpublic-reduce-reuse-and-recycle

    news.brunei.fm/.../recycling
    -buddies-receives-sponsorship-for-green-efforts

    Bruneis Recycling Bins


    As you can see they are sponsored by Daikyo Environmental Recycling. They have the following branches but I just
    wonder where else in Brunei these bins are located.
    Daikyo Environmental Recycling
    Main Scrap Yard: Simpang 287 Jln Serasa Muara, BT1128 Brunei Darussalam
    Branch: Lot 129-87 Kp Bengkurong Masin BS1920, BSB, Brunei Darussalam
    Seria Branch: Lot 4004, Jln Pangsa, Seria, Brunei Darussalam
    KB Branch: Lot 4680, Jln Setia Diraja, Kuala Belait Brunei Darussalam

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