Recycling thermal reclamation

Recognize that a viable economic approach to recycling is by thermal incineration reclamation of electrical energy. Since there is unlimited raw material sources (vegetation, etc.) to produce plastics, the incineration approach can eliminate the problems associated with reusing recycled plastics.3 211... 

Since 1995, consumer and industrial Ni/Cd battery recycling in the U.S. has been primarily done at the International Metals Reclamation Company, Inc. (INMETCO) using a process licensed from SAFT NIFE. The cadmium is distilled from the plates using a low temperature thermal process, and the material is used for new battery production. The nickel content of the battery goes into the standard INMETCO stainless steel remelt alloy production. In general, this thermal recovery process makes up the majority of the world recycling capacity. The cadmium is recovered and purified as the metal or can be converted to cadmium oxide. 

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