!!!Recycling

Recycling, collective term for operations aimed at recovering raw 
materials from waste materials; important factor in integrated  Waste 
Management. Waste glass, waste paper and waste metal have been 
recycled in Austria since the time of industrialisation. Initially 
these materials were recycled for economic reasons. Today, ecological 
aspects are more important and have led to the development of new 
recycling methods. Austria has facilities for the recycling of 
refrigerators, fluorescent lamps, plastic materials, electronic scrap, 
cables, cars, building rubble etc. At present (1995) approx. 40 % 
of all waste is recycled, but the actual percentage of recycled 
materials varies greatly from category to category (e.g. 100 % of 
all refrigerators).


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