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===Circularity===
=Circularity=


'''What is the principle of circularity?'''
'''What is the principle of circularity?'''
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* Reusable, upcycle, recyclable or compostable?
* Reusable, upcycle, recyclable or compostable?


=== Types of circularity===
== Types of circularity==
* reduce
* reduce
* reuse  
* reuse  
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* renew.
* renew.


==Recycling==
===Recycled vs Virgin materials===
===Recycled vs Virgin materials===
Recycled [[material|materials]] informs about the part of any material that is made from recycled materials.  
Recycled [[material|materials]] informs about the part of any material made from recycled materials.  


===Recyclability===
===Recyclability===
Materials are recyclable if it can be collected, sorted, reprocessed, and ultimately reused in manufacturing or making another item. This is about the part of a [[material|material]] that can be recycled.
Materials are recyclable if they can be collected, sorted, reprocessed, and ultimately reused in manufacturing or making another item. This is about the part of a [[material|material]] that can be recycled.


==Actual Recycled==
Even though many materials can be (partly) recycled in theory, many materials do not get recycled in practice. There are many different reasons why materials do not get recycled. Mostly it is because it is too difficult to recycle or it costs too much money or energy.  
While many materials can be (partly) recycled, not everything actually gets recycled.


==Upcycle==
===Different types of recycling===
====Upcycling====
Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Upcycling basically provides things a second existence, it revives the object but with a higher user value than what it had in its previous life. Upcycled objects include everyday items such as furniture, ceramic materials, cans, clothing, and glassware
Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Upcycling basically provides things a second existence, it revives the object but with a higher user value than what it had in its previous life. Upcycled objects include everyday items such as furniture, ceramic materials, cans, clothing, and glassware


===DataPoints related to recycling/circularity===
==DataPoints related to recycling/circularity==
* RecycledMaterialsUsedWeight (UnitDomain: [https://imde.io/index.php?title=Unit_Domain_Mass Mass])
* RecycledMaterialsUsedWeight (UnitDomain: [https://imde.io/index.php?title=Unit_Domain_Mass Mass])
* RecycledMaterialsUsedPercentage (Unit: %)
* RecycledMaterialsUsedPercentage (Unit: %)

Revision as of 13:39, 14 December 2022

Circularity

What is the principle of circularity? Circularity is the economic principle of sharing, repairing, refurbishing, recycling, remanufacturing and reusing as much as possible to minimize waste and the extraction & creation of virgin materials

  • Part of any material that can be recycled (or re-used), the recyclability of a material

Related topics

  • Reusable, upcycle, recyclable or compostable?

Types of circularity

  • reduce
  • reuse
  • recycle
  • renew.

Recycling

Recycled vs Virgin materials

Recycled materials informs about the part of any material made from recycled materials.

Recyclability

Materials are recyclable if they can be collected, sorted, reprocessed, and ultimately reused in manufacturing or making another item. This is about the part of a material that can be recycled.

Even though many materials can be (partly) recycled in theory, many materials do not get recycled in practice. There are many different reasons why materials do not get recycled. Mostly it is because it is too difficult to recycle or it costs too much money or energy.

Different types of recycling

Upcycling

Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Upcycling basically provides things a second existence, it revives the object but with a higher user value than what it had in its previous life. Upcycled objects include everyday items such as furniture, ceramic materials, cans, clothing, and glassware

DataPoints related to recycling/circularity

  • RecycledMaterialsUsedWeight (UnitDomain: Mass)
  • RecycledMaterialsUsedPercentage (Unit: %)
  • RecyclableMaterialsWeight (UnitDomain: Mass)
  • RecyclebaleMaterialsPercentage (Unit: %)
  • ReclycableDegratePercentage (Unit: %)
  • RecycledMaterialsActualWeight (UnitDomain: Mass)

Related topics

  • Waste
    • Landfill (waste dump)
    • Incineration: A waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials
      • Waste-to-energy?
  • Re-use
    • Re-wear (fastion/clothing)

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