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Barge filled with waste paper, on the Hudson River in New York City
Barge filled with waste paper, on the Hudson River in New York City
Recycling Concepts

* Waste hierarchy
* Recycling
* Reuse
* Regiving
* Freeganism

Materials

* Plastic recycling
* Aluminium recycling
* Battery recycling
* Glass recycling
* Paper recycling
* Textile recycling
* Recycling timber
* Scrap

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Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste.[1] Mill broke is paper trimmings and other paper scrap from the manufacture of paper, and is recycled internally in a paper mill. Pre-consumer waste is material that was discarded before it was ready for consumer use. Post-consumer waste is material discarded after consumer use, including OM (old magazines), OTD (old telephone directo"