Excellent ideas about recycling

This simple bag was created by João Sabino, who had in mind the great idea of ​​using thousands of different keyboard keys that turn out to be junk or just garbage. Besides beautiful, this is to help the planet increasingly dirty and contaminated with electronic technology.

Certainly, it seems to us a revolutionary invention. Turns office paper into toilet paper. For every 40 sheets of paper to create a roll in 30 minutes, which savesconsiderable given the number of pages used by large companies and good forthe environment.

Currently it isn't for sale.

Asphalt recycling: the Madrid recycled asphalt roads are rehabilitated

The Community of Madrid has chosen some time for the recycling of asphalt roads are rehabilitated, which significantly reduces waste generation and commitment to sustainable construction.

How is recycled asphalt?

The asphalt recycling process consists of removing the old asphalt with the technique of milling, then the asphalt cutting through a large machine and finally crushing the pieces that are mixed with cement to obtain a new agglomerated with which manages the road.

Recycling of asphalt in the Community of Madrid

Today, the Community of Madrid has four machines that perform these tasks for recycling asphalt.

Also, with the recycled asphalt the Madrid also has another system which uses material from recycled tires to asphalt roads in the region.

With both initiatives if the aim is to prevent the asphalt and old tires from ending up in landfills. Therefore, given a new use and contributes to environmental conservation.

In 2009 the Community reused a million tires in the work of improving roads in Madrid.Along with this environmental policy that aims to improve waste management in the region, is also implementing the collection of waste from the roads through the separation of waste at the same time it was collected. Thus, crews cleaning ditches, originally separate plastics and packaging (yellow bag), paper (blue bag) and organic waste (orange bag), which further facilitates reuse and recycling. As a result of new policies for recycling, collected last year with this type of work 1 kg of trash per mile day.