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Recycling metals
Implementation:
http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us/~stewarca/recycling.html.
Broader:
Recycling materials
Recycling materials
Narrower:
Recycling non ferrous metals
Facilitates:
Protecting against toxic metals as health hazards
Facilitated by:
Reducing amount of electronic scrap
Problems:
Dumping of consumer waste products
Inaccessible supply of used materials
Insufficient recycling of glass
Insufficient recycling of materials
Lack of full cost accounting of consumer products
Short-term planning of product life cycles
Waste of resources
Organizations:
Latin American Railways Association
International Confederation of Container Reconditioners
European Metal Trade and Recycling Association
European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Federation
Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences
→
Metallic elements and alloys
Economics
→
Resource utilization
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals: