Recycling: Video Series

In today's market, an aluminum can is worth about one penny, and about 50 percent of all the aluminum cans that are processed are recycled. Discover why aluminum can be recycled over and over again with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling facts.

Environmental engineering is concerned with the quality of land, air and water, and engineers primarily investigate contaminants for each one of these items. Find out how environmental engineers research those things in the environment that affect our health with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on environmental engineering.

A recycling center, or material recovery facility, contains all of the recycling that has been picked up or dropped off. Discover how recycling centers are set up to handle all types of recyclables, including glass, plastic, aluminum, cardboard, paper and more with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling facts.

Recycled paper is made from shredded up paper that is turned into a liquid pulp, which is in turn smoothed out and dried. Find out how recycled paper can be made at home with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling facts.

It's important to recycle plastic bottles because plastic will last forever in a landfill, and plastic bottles are easily recycled. Discover how most plastic bottles used to drink soda or water are made from recycled plastic with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on plastic bottle recycling.

Methods of paper recycling include shredding and bleaching paper, liquefying the paper, leveling the pulp and drying the smoothed paper. Learn about the screening system in paper recycling with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on paper recycling.

After being taken to a storage location, recycled glass is taken to a glass re-manufacturing facility, where it is crushed and sorted by color. Discover how recycled glass is melted and remade with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on glass recycling.

When plastic is recycled, it is sorted to separate different types of plastic, after which it is crushed into a cube and bailed. Find out about plastic that goes to a waste-to-energy facility with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on plastic recycling.

Recycling saves money by reducing space in landfills, by saving trees and by reducing the cost of dumping used materials. Find out why the price of landfill space is increasing with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling and saving money.

Aluminum is recycled in a processing facility that sorts the aluminum out from other materials, and aluminum can be continuously recycled. Find out how the conveyor belt separates the aluminum with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on aluminum recycling.

Recycling tires keeps litter out of the road, and recycled tires can be mulched up or used as boiler fuel at manufacturing plants. Learn about the value of incinerating tires with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling tires.

In order to recycle at home, sort out plastic, glass, cardboard and other materials that can be picked up on the curb or carried to a drop-off site. Help the environment and save space at the landfill with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling at home.

Plastic is recycled by being sorted into numbers, baled up and re-manufactured into the bottles that were recycled. Discover the importance of being proactive with recycling plastic with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on plastic recycling.

If 300,000 people would stop junk mail coming to their home, they could save half a million trees. Learn about the importance of keeping recyclable materials out of the landfill with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling facts.

It's great to start the tradition of recycling with children, and one great way to do this is by having a competition between classrooms to see who can recycle the most. Find out how to use recycled aluminum as a fundraiser for schools with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on recycling for kids.

Plastic bags create a number of environmental problems, as they are often mistaken for food, and many birds and turtles are affected by this. Discover the significance of keeping plastic bags out of the landfill with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator in this free video on plastic bags and the environment.