Have you ever wondered what happens to recycling rubbish after it has been collected?

Garbage recycling is the use of waste to make other useful products, rather than burying or burning the garbage like the old disposal methods used in the past.

Recycling is done after sorting the waste and collecting everything made of one material such as plastic, iron, glass, etc., which is used to make good products with this material, where a symbol is placed on the product made in the process of recycling garbage, this symbol lets consumers know that the product is made From recycling garbage.

This process has rules of use, and now all countries are trying to take advantage of the waste of making new products, including Egypt.

Recycling plants contain washbasins, briquetting units, drying units, pellet extruders and packing units.

What is the idea of garbage recycling?

Plastic recycling is the process of recycling and reusing plastic waste as a raw material. This is done by first classifying plastic waste recycling according to the type of garbage and the resin in it, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, multi-purpose insulating plastic and transparent plastic.

The process may have to be scaled up or ramped up before extrusion is used. This can be done with a crusher or a collector, then the contaminated plastic must be cleaned and dried first.

For example, recycled plastic shopping bags from waste should be thoroughly cleaned before being put into the pellet machine.

These bags are made of high-density polyethylene or low-density polyethylene. Agricultural foil can also be recycled as a greenhouse cover.

What does waste recycling plant mean?

It is a factory that collects garbage and waste to treat it, dry solid waste, then separate combustible and non-combustible materials, and convert them into new products with environmental and economic benefits.

When did the idea of recycling garbage start?

The idea of recycling garbage began during World War I and II, and at that time countries suffered from a great shortage of some basic materials such as rubber, which made them collect these materials from waste for reuse, and after many years the recycling process became one of the most important ways to manage the disposal of garbage waste.

What is the first form of garbage recycling process?

A few years ago, it was collected, cleaned and reused by waste (scrap) producers, but with the beginning of the nineties, the focus began on the manufacture of waste to produce other products based on the same raw materials, such as: recycling (glass, paper, plastic, aluminum) etc.

What is the purpose of the garbage recycling process?

Reducing the accumulation of waste and its harmful effects, and using it as a raw material for various industries and products.

What are the consequences of recycling waste?

Reducing pollution and global warming, achieving sustainable development, reducing economic expenditures, helping countries to meet the challenges of rising raw materials prices, reducing dependence on imported raw materials, reducing production costs, and providing job opportunities.

How many recycling plants are there in Egypt?

There are approximately 66 factories in Egypt, of which 10 are official factories specialized in the recycling of electrical and electronic waste and lead batteries.

How much garbage does Egypt produce in a year?

Egypt produces about 20 tons of solid waste each year, and organic waste generally makes up about 60% of the total waste.

How big is the litter in the family?

 Where it was discovered that the share of each family of 5 members per year is about 1 ton of different waste.

What is the governorate with the highest waste production rate in Egypt?

Cairo Governorate is the most waste-producing governorate, with a daily waste volume of 15,000 tons.

finally/ This was a brief overview of the garbage recycling lines, as it is one of the most famous processes now to reduce the percentage of violations, but on the contrary, benefit from it after recycling into usable products.