Additional information and readings on Recycling

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Why China could be the next eco-innovation hub

Published 21 January 2014 09:05, Updated 22 January 2014 09:34

Recently Beijing subway has introduced 40 reverse vending machines. They are trying to promote recycling. They came out with this scheme which is when you recycle plastic bottles into the recycling machine in the subways, you will get to offset your travelling cost which help to increase the number of people who recycle.

China has also been very concerned about recycling. China is trying to set the target as japan to upgrade themselves in style, creativity, technological innovation and quality by using the minimum amount of electricity and material.

Source:

http://www.brw.com.au/p/marketing/why_china_could_be_the_next_eco_XL9eKpElPTek6ufhCWV2DI

 

 

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Beijing introduces recycling banks that pay subway credits for bottles

Recycling firm hopes to improve profits by bypassing informal network of bottle collectors

Jonathan Watts in Beijing

theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 July 2012 13.11 BST

Subway Credits is given to commuters who take the subway if they recycle into the recycling bins installed in the subway.  They are doing this to promote recycling and also to let the people improve and have the habit of recycling.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jul/04/beijing-recycling-banks-subway-bottles

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Beijing subway riders can start recycling

Updated: 2012-12-20 18:42

( chinadaily.com.cn)

Shaoyaoju station of Beijing Subway Line 10

This image shows a middle aged man, recycling a plastic bottle into the recycling machine which looks our top up concession machine. Unlike singapore, we do not have recycling bins machine like them nor do we have much bins in subways. I think that singapore should have such recycling machine so to improve the recycling habit and the number of people who recycle. Based on observation i realised that recycling bins are not easily seen or found.

Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/20/content_16037097.htm

 

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Jingadao Village of China's Shanxi forms recycling economy

( Xinhua )

Updated: 2012-12-20

This image shows villagers planting vegetable in Changzhi a village in jingdao. They use marsh gas as fuel after fermenting pig excrement and also produce natural fertilizer to plant vegetables. They use unwanted materials to reuse into something useful. I feel that it is a very good way to recycle as normally when people talk about recycling they normally only think of recycling metal cans or plastic bottles into recycling bins. This are very good ideas and also does not have any harmful effects and do not have pollution as they do not need to burn the materials away like when they need to reuse the metal or plastic cans. Burning of the materials is needed to be reused and made into other products. 

Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/shanxi/2012-12/20/content_16034818.htm

 

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Japanese 'Blest Machine' recycles plastic into oil at home

Science, 21 October 10 by Duncan Geere

The Jap has created this machine which will convert plastic into oil. I find it very interesting and very effective as so far no one has manage to do that and also oil is very expensive. By recycling plastic it can be converted to oil, it is a very good invention as oil is very costly. Thus, next time we can just get oil when we recycle unwanted plastic and we do not need to buy from other countries. I guess quite a lot of number of people will be glad to do that and with this the rate of people recycling will be increased rapidly. The government can help to increase the number of people recycling by maybe decreasing or giving rebates of people who recycle on their oil prices for their daily uses. 

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Japanese Inventor Creates Machine that Converts Plastic Bags into Fuel

Written by Megan Treacy on 14/02/11

The burning of plastic bags causes air pollution and also produce toxic gas which is harmful to the body. However a japanese invented a machine which can convert plastic bags into fuel. The plastic bags is been collect and placed into the machine and than turn into fuel. People who own cars will be very delighted to participate in such programme as oil prices are very expensive and if they have such machine the fuel prices will be much more cheaper. In Singapore most of them will need to take public transport or drive around to get to one place to another even if they do not own a car, they will get cheaper bus fares as the fuel will be at a cheaper rate.

Source: http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3436-japanese-inventor-creates-machine-that-converts-pl