strategy
Developing new recycling technologies
Synonyms:
Improving recycling technologyImproving recycling technologies
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends developing and improving existing technology, especially indigenous technology, and facilitating its transfer under ongoing regional and interregional technical assistance programmes.Feedstock recycling is a relatively new method for plastic recovery. The process breaks down plastics into their constituent components, yielding crude oil derivatives in all three physical states and which are then fed back into the production process as feedstock or raw materials to refineries, and to chemical and petro-chemical plants.
Broader:
ImprovingDeveloping effective technologies for treating wasteDeveloping resource efficient methods and technologies Facilitates:
Reducing wasteCollecting wastesRecycling materialsMaximizing waste reuseExtending producer responsibilityCreating waste recycling structuresIncreasing eco-efficiency in businessImproving current waste reuse operationsSupporting waste reuse in small communities Facilitated by:
Sustaining industrial innovationFunding research on waste reuse and recyclingSupporting investment in waste reuse and recyclingProviding incentives for waste reuse and recyclingEvaluating effectiveness of waste recycling techniquesFacilitating transfer of waste reuse and recycling technologyExchanging information about environmentally sound technologyChanging standards that discriminate against recycled materialsSupporting research and development of environmentally sound technologyProviding special grants for research on innovative recycling techniquesImproving standards to encourage use of environmentally sound recycled materials Problems:
Dumping of consumer waste productsInsufficient recycling of materials
Underutilized wastes
Waste of resources
Unsustainable energy consumption
Subjects:
Economics → Resource utilizationTechnology → Technology
Development → Development
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
