18/04/2017
What is a Waste Stream?
No matter what industry you work in, there is always some type of waste material or material that is leftover after a process or operation. At the end of the day, you may be left with several different types of waste materials. This is called a waste stream.
Every person and every company has a waste stream. Some of the waste materials are non-recyclable, like food waste, pollution, or bio-hazardous waste. On the other hand, most of the waste stream is recyclable! Anything from corrugated paper, plastic bottles, and of course scrap metal, are all highly recyclable waste materials. It is much easier to grind old paper than to cut down a tree, and it is much easier to melt an old aluminum can that to mine and refine bauxite; that is why scrap yards exist.
