Resource recovery is a process of recovering energy and reusable materials from solid waste before their decomposition or landfill. Million tonnes of solid waste is generated everyday due to industrial and domestic activities and this solid waste was landfilled or decomposed earlier without being reused or extracting the materials that could have been reused.
This lead to the rapid exploitation of mineral resources and put extra burden on natural reserves to meet the demand of energy to sustain growth and maintaining lifestyle. The consequences are the depleting natural reserves and resources of energy.
As the awareness about environment protection spread across the borders, measures were taken to utilize the resources to full extent. Principle of 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) were followed to tap the hidden energy potential of the resources by reusing and recycling the materials to the extent possible.
- Reduce the usage of the materials to the extent possible. Go for the alternative resources that can replenish themselves without affecting our environment.
- Once the materials are used for their primary purpose, reuse them for some secondary purpose. e.g if you have got your print outs on a plain white paper, you can use the other side of the paper once the project is over and the papers are no longer needed. In this manner you can save considerable amount of trees to been cut down to meet the demand of papers.
- Recycling is the next stage of reuse. Most of the materials can be recycled for use and recycled again and again till their properties are useful and are not degraded to an extent that can prevent their effective use.
Resource recovery is one of the process to achieve this goal. The aim of this process is to make the best use of these material before they are permanently decomposed or landfilled. The same principle of 3R is followed here with the following hierarchy:
- Reduce the material consumption
- Reuse the materials
- Recycle the materials
- Incinerate with energy recovery
- Landfill or Decompose
Resource recovery has helped governments to reduce the solid wastes and has efficiently cut down the cost of their disposal.
nice thought….but i think it’ll not change in any portion until the impact on this pollution to the public even more serious….though we need to work to change it…so please just try more as you can…
thank u….