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Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

Precious metals recovery from waste printed circuit boards: A review for current status and perspective

Highlights • The status recycling methods for the precious metal recovery from the waste print circuit board are reviewed. • The effects of environment by the improper recover methods are analyzed. • The bottlenecks in precious metals recycling system are proposed. • Addressing future metal recycling challenges and recommendations are presented.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

E-waste recycling processes in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam: A case study of cathode ray tube TVs and monitors

The recycling processes of CRT TVs/monitors in Southeast Asia are studied. Study compares process flows at formal and informal recycling sites were compared, and destinations of materials from formal and informal recycling. Determines more appropriate recycling infrastructure and better recycling solutions for waste CRT glass are needed in Southeast Asia.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

How to Recycle Common Paper-based Holiday Items

During the holiday season, our homes are filled with cards from family and friends, cardboard boxes from shopping online to find the right gift and wrapping materials to ensure the surprise is spectacular.  But which of these are recyclable? Here some general guidelines to help you make the right decision on whether to put these common holiday paper items in the recycling or the trash bin

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

How to Recycle Common Paper-based Items from your Mailbox

Many of us have a pile somewhere in our homes where we stack our mail. Bills, advertisements, magazines and catalogs, direct mail and maybe an exciting online purchase that came in a padded envelope. With some of these items, you may be wondering if it is okay to toss them in your recycling bin.  Here is some general guidance on how to recycle common items found in your household mailbox.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

How to Recycle Corrugated Boxes

Guide to how to recycle corrugatede or cardboard boxes.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

Community Recycling Survey

AF&PA has performed a series of national surveys to measure the extent and track the growth of access by the public to community-level paper and paperboard recycling.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

MIT-AF&PA Project- China White Paper

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), working with AF&PA, published this White Paper to quantify the volume of recovered fiber potentially affected by the China import policy, identify which U.S. manufacturing sectors could theoretically consume additional recovered fiber that would otherwise be exported to China, and using input from subject matter experts, suggest potential ways to address fiber gaps.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

Paper Recycling Where You Live

Directory to all state department websites that administer recycling policies

Best Practices and Case Studies

Best Practices and Case Studies

Recycling Anti-Contamination Kit

If you are looking to clean up your residential recycling stream, this kit is for you. This kit has been designed to provide steps, tools, and resources to help you improve the quality of your recycling program. 

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