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GCSE Chemistry · key term
Processing a used material so that it can be made into a new product.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Specification 4.10, 9.24C · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Recycling MetalsWhen a metal product is no longer wanted, its metal does not necessarily have to be thrown away. It can be collected, sorted, melted and cast into a new shape. This is recycling.
The processing of waste material so that it can be made into a new product.
Organise the answer around economic effects, environmental effects and conservation of raw materials, linking each point to recycling.
Do not claim that recycling uses no energy. Collection, transport, sorting and melting all require energy.
Distinguish reuse from recycling: reuse keeps an object in its existing form, whereas recycling processes its material into a new product.
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Specification C6.1m, C6.1n · Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher)
Processing a waste material so that it can be used again, either for the same purpose or a different one.
Revise: Recycling ProcessesSorting and cleaning still matter: recycling is viable only if the recovered PET can meet the requirements of the new product.
Processing waste material so that it can be used to make a new product.
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
Processing materials from used products so that the materials can be made into new products.
Revise: Life-cycle assessment principlesRaw materials may travel to a processing plant, processed materials to a manufacturer, products to consumers, and discarded items to recycling plants, incinerators or landfill sites.
Processing a discarded product so that its material can be made into another product.
Processing waste material so that it can be used to make new material or products.