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  3. Recycling metals

Recycling metals

Implementation

http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us/~stewarca/recycling.html.

Broader

Recycling materials
Excellent
Ship recycling
Presentable

Narrower

Recycling non ferrous metals
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Facilitates

Increasing eco-efficiency in business
Presentable
Protecting against toxic metals as health hazards
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Facilitated by

Reducing amount of electronic scrap
Presentable

Related

Recycling motor vehicles
Presentable
Recycling building materials
Presentable
Recycling industrial wastes
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Problem

Waste of resources
Presentable
Short-term planning of product life cycles
Presentable
Insufficient recycling of materials
Presentable
Insufficient recycling of glass
Presentable
Dumping of consumer waste products
Presentable
Lack of full cost accounting of consumer products
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Metallic elements and alloys
  • Economics » Resource utilization
    • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024