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  2. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  3. Foam rubber - Wikipedia

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    This method involves shredding the scrap and bonding the small flakes together to form sheets. Other methods involve breaking the foam down into granules and dispersing them into a polyol blend to be molded into the same part as the original. The recycling process is still developing for foam rubber and the future may unveil new, easier ...

  4. Cellophane - Wikipedia

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    Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air , oils , greases , bacteria , and liquid water makes it useful for food packaging . Cellophane is highly permeable to water vapour , but may be coated with nitrocellulose lacquer to prevent this.

  5. This 9-year-old started his own recycling empire to save the ...

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    He started recycling at just three years old – now, he's helping tons of people all over the world get inspired to do the right thing. Watch his entire inspiring and adorable story on this ...

  6. Cellulose fiber - Wikipedia

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    Cellulose was used to produce the first successful thermoplastic polymer, celluloid, by Hyatt Manufacturing Company in 1870. Production of rayon ("artificial silk") from cellulose began in the 1890s, and cellophane was invented in 1912. In 1893, Arthur D. Little of Boston, invented yet another cellulosic product, acetate, and developed it as a ...

  7. Textile recycling - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical processing is a recycling method in which textile fabric is broken down while the fibers are still preserved. [5] Once shredded down, these fibers can be spun to create new fabrics. [5] This is the most commonly used technique to recycle textiles and is a process that is particularly well developed for cotton textiles. [5]

  8. Celluloid - Wikipedia

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    Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents.Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of safer methods, celluloid's common present-day uses are for manufacturing table tennis balls, musical instruments, combs, office equipment, fountain pen bodies, and guitar picks.

  9. Lil Nas X and FKA Twigs Clear the Air Over ‘Montero ... - AOL

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    In FKA Twigs’ 2019 music video for “Cellophane,” the singer pole dances while twisting and twirling downward through the air in a similar fashion. On Tuesday night, Lil Nas X posted on ...