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Guido EstorelloLucia Flores Rossi

Maria Victoria Prisco Zaya6° CN

Recycling Methods◦ Reduce◦ Reuse◦ Recycle

Recycling rate

Law of the three R

Reduce - to buy less and use less.

Reuse - elements of the discarded item are used again.

Recycle - discards are separated into materials that may be incorporated into new products.

To buy less and use less. Incorporates common sense ideas like

turning off the lights, rain barrels, and taking shorter showers, but also plays a part in composting/grasscycling(transportation energy is reduced), low-flow toilets, and programmable thermostats. Includes the terms Re-think, Precycle, Carpool, Efficient, and Environmental Footprint.

Elements of the discarded item are used again.

Initiatives include waste exchange, hand-me-downs, garage sales, quilting, travel mugs, and composting (nutrients). Includes the termslaundry, repair, regift, and upcycle.

Discards are separated into materials that may be incorporated into new

products. This is different from Reuse in that energy is

used to change the physical properties of the material. Initiatives include Composting, Beverage Container Deposits and buying products with a high content of post-consumer material.

In Argentina, unlike other countries, we don't find a global culture of recycling.

There are just some small groups or companies engaged in the same, and includes the so-called “cartoneros“ (cardboard collector), the recycling is way to survive.