As R. Buckminster Fuller wrote so eloquently
For me this was a revelation. It is so simple and so true. When I look at the "waste" that we create in the Western world it is quite appalling.
Nothing is waste until it is wasted. Total recycling uses a 12 Category system of recyclable materials to allow them to be recycled in their own streams. In Industry they are experimenting with DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY which allows them to design products so they can be easily disassembled, either for re-use of parts of recycling.
Basically this Potential waste percentages is broken down as:
City of Minneapolis waste items percentage breakdown recycling world:
A United Kingdom Magazine online with articles
European recycling and the environment, searchable topics
Eco Industrial parks and Total Recycling Fieldbook
Sustainable Communities Network