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Recycled Waste Being Used to Make Products
There are a lot of materials that different common people use and they always come with waste products. Waste products have been polluting the nature and starting to affect not just the surroundings but also the everyone's health, including the animals, all air, land and sea creatures. Recycling saves resources, prevents pollution, supports public health, and creates jobs. It saves money, avoids landfills, and best of all, it's easy!

Below is a list of common waste that can be used for recycling or even earn money from them.


 * Scrap Metal
 * Bottles and Cans
 * Car Batteries
 * Ink Cartridges
 * Electronics
 * Junk Cars
 * Glass
 * Cooking Oil
 * Clothing
 * Cardboard
 * Everyday Household Items (pans, pots, wine corks, ect)

Scrap Metal Sculptures
This work is called Reapers Ride Motorbike by Mickey D. or also called the "Barefooted Welder," who is based in Australia. He walks around barefooted looking for metal scraps to be recycled and saving tons of metal wastes. This sculpture itself is a ton of waste and this is just one of his many works. So far, Barefooted Welder has saved 11.62 tonnes of Carbon dioxide, 14.28 tonnes of Waste, 39,116 kWh of energy, and 68,110 liters of water.

Plastic Waste
Plastic is everywhere stretching from the air we breathe to the water we drink. From plastic being found virtually everywhere on a global scale, plastic pollution has become a problem since the late 1960s.

The most commonly found plastics are listed below
 * Cigarette Butts
 * Food Wrappers
 * Beverage Bottles
 * Straws
 * Cups and Plates
 * Bottle Caps
 * Single-use Plastic Bag

Plastic Waste Sculptures
Plastic waste that is listed above can be used to create artistic sculptures

The sculpture Bristol Whales by Sue Lipscombe in 2015 is an example of art made from plastic waste being made out of 70,000 plastic bottles from the city of Bath's 10k marathon were used to make the waves in sculpture.

It took a total of 14 weeks to complete the sculpture, 12 weeks to build it and 2 weeks to move the sculpture to the designated arena. The entire weight of the sculpture is over 5 tons with the head being 2 tons and the tail being 3 tons.

The head of the whale was made from branches and pieces of fallen birch wood.

Sue Lipscombe the artist behind the sculpture detailed the entire process on the Bristol Whales have been made in the youtube video listed below Here is a video on how the sculpture was made

Veronika Richterová, a Czech artist, wanted to spread the awareness of plastic waste pollution in our oceans Richterová began to make "PET Art" which means Plastic Bottle Art, sculptures in 2004 where she collected and heated up plastic bottles found on the beach. These sculpture subjects varied from tapeworms all the way to crocodiles and flying bats. The sculptures are also held in a museum which has over 3000 bottles from 76 different countries

Recycling Electronics
Recycling electronics helps with the conservation of our natural resources and avoidance of water and air pollution. It also helps with the current issue we're dealing with the greenhouse gas emissions caused by manufacturing virgin materials.

Laptops recycled that are over a million is equivalent to 3,500 houses using electricity for a year. Every million of cellphones being recycled would equate to 35,000 LBS of copper, 772 LBS of silver, 75 LBS of gold and 33 LBS of palladium which is also a valuable metal competing with gold and silver.

Recycling being used in Fashion
The times are changing, and so are the materials being used in fashion. Textile manufacturing is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Due to this, the textile industry has began to find use in different recycled materials that will lessen this contribution to greenhouse gases. The importance of simultaneous involvement and development of customer awareness, sustainable manufacturing and high recycling level should, therefore, be in focus. Some examples of recycled products that are on the uprise include recycled polyester and nylon. They are produced from pre- or post-consumer- or pre- or post-industrial waste materials such as PET plastic bottles, apparel or nylon fishing nets; material that would otherwise have been sent to landfill or for incineration. Every piece of clothing you're wearing has gone through a complex manufacturing process that uses a high amount of electricity, water, and other energy sources. Recycling clothes saves energy by reducing or eliminating the need to make materials from scratch. ''' Benefits in Recycling for fashion.

''' It reduces greenhouses Gases

* It saves landfill space * It helps those in need'' * It reduces costly consumerism '''-Recycling clothing keeps garments from taking up valuable landfill space. Benefits the Environment: Once clothing is put in landfills, harmful dyes and fabric materials can get into the air to harm the environment ' Recycling can also be donating so that companies can benift in creating ther new products. Jeans are made form recycle. '''