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Recycling in the EU
Recycling in the EU

Much of what we consider as trash and throw away in the bin can actually be recycled. Recycling is better for the environment by sending less waste to landfills and by providing materials for new products. Unfortunately, recycling rates are not as high as could be. In Europe recycling rates differ much between countries.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksRecycling, Recycling Europe, EC, European Commission, Recycling rates, Waste, waste management, trash, garbage, plastics, Single-use plastics, reusable, plastic economy, Circular economy, plastic tax, Frans Timmermans, Delphine Lévi Alvarès, Rethink Plastic, Bureau of International Recycling, Mageswari Sangaralingam, Landfill Directive, revised Landfill Directive, municipal waste, CEWEP, Ella StenglerComment
Tires
Tires

Tires have a huge environmental impact, from production, to use to discarding them. Tires are made from natural rubber and synthetic rubber, produced from the polymers found in crude oil. The other primary ingredient in tire rubber is carbon black. Carbon black is a fine, soft powder created when crude oil or natural gas is burned with a limited amount of oxygen.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksTires, Abrasion tires, Environmental impact tires, microplastcs, Carbon black, Chemicals, Toxins, Natural rubber, Synthetic rubber, Plastics Strategy, Eunomia, Simon Hann, European Commission, Tire particles, Friction, Roads, Bridgestone, Firestone, Michelin, Goodyear, Continental, Plant-derived materials, Recycling, Recycling tires, University of Minnesota, IsopreneComment