Management of Recyclable Material for Lebanese Municipalities
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Management of Recyclable Material for Lebanese Municipalities Handbook for the proper preparation, handling, processing & selling of recyclable materials in Lebanon Embassy of Italy Beirut In Cooperation with Table Of Contents 4 I - Metals 2 16 Steel 2 Aluminum 4 Copper 6 Lead 8 Bronze 10 Zinc 12 II - Plastic 14 18 PET 14 HDPE 16 20 PVC 18 LDPE 20 PP 22 PS 24 III - Glass 26 IV - Paper & Cardboard 28 22 V - Textile 32 26 VI - Electronic devices 34 Steel PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM STEEL RECYCLING DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL Steel can be recycled indefinitely into othersteel products. There are four types of steel: COMPANIES THAT BUY STEEL a) Carbon steel is an alloy between iron and carbon. Carbon steel with a low carbon content has properties similar to iron. As the carbon content rises, the metal becomes harder and stronger but less ductile and more difficult to weld. Thissteel is prone to corrosion when exposed to air and moisture. Transportation b) Stainless steel is an alloy between iron and chromium. Stainless steel does not stain, corrode or rust as Company Profile Location (caza) Telephone provided by the company easily as carbon steel. c) HSLA (high strength low alloy) steel alloys are much stronger and tougher than ordinary carbon steels. Kfarchima Ohanis Kasarjian Transformer 05-462462 No They are used in cars, trucks, cranes, bridges, and other structures that are designed to handle large (Metn) amounts of stress, often at very low temperatures. Roundabout Tool Steel: Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be Sharmetal Transformer 01-823675 / 6 / 7 / 8 Possible d) Shatila (Beirut) made into tools. Taadod Riyak All types of steel are magnetic. Abou Ahmad el Achhab Collector 03-201324 No (Baalbeck) RECOGNITION OF MATERIAL Yahya el Hariri Trading Collector Saida (Saida) 07-732190 / 03-247790 Possible El Zahrani One can usually find steel in the following items: Ahmad Khalife Collector 03-243514 / 07-222106 Possible (Saida) • Railways • Infrastructure Toul Ahmad Chaib Collector 03-314608 Yes • Heavy equipment (eg. bulldozers) • Office furniture (Nabatyieh) • Cars components and framework • Tools • Construction-related applications, such as beams, • bolts, nails, and screws * PLEASE ALWAYS UPDATE THE INFORMATION. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INFORMATION • Pipe tubes AND SUGGESTIONS. • Domestic appliances (e.g. washing machines) PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL AT THE SORTING CENTER 1 - Plastics The following procedures will help you in improving your product and thus its selling price: • Steel has to be sorted from all the other types of metals and be clean. I - Metals DISCUSS WITH YOUR CLIENTS WHICH PROCEDURE IS TO BE FOLLOWED. 3 Aluminium PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM ALUMINUM RECYCLING DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL Aluminum can be recycled indefinitely into otheraluminium products. Aluminium is a soft, durable, malleable metal with appearance ranging from silvery to dull gray, depending on the surface roughness. Aluminum is non-magnetic COMPANIES THAT BUY ALUMINUM RECOGNITION OF MATERIAL Transportation Company Profile Location (caza) Telephone provided by the company One can usually find aluminium in the following items: Kfarchima Ohannes Kasardjian Transformer 05-462462 No (Metn) • Beverage cans Roundabout Sharmetal Transformer 01-823675 / 6 / 7 / 8 Possible • Foil Shatila (Beirut) • Automotive parts Zouk Mosbeh • Construction (windows, doors, siding, building wire, etc.) Sidem Transformer 09-220163 / 176 No • Cooking utensils (Metn) • Transistors and Central Processing Unit (CPU) Chouwaifat Aluxal Transformer 05-480406 / 7 / 8 / 9 No • Household wires (Beirut) • Bicycle chassis 01-497100 Ets. Carlo pour le Baouchrieh Transformer 01-500293 No Commerce et l’Industrie (Beirut) 03-888006 07-732190 Yahya el Hariri Collector Saida (Saida) Possible PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL 03-247790 El Zahrani 03-243514 AT THE SORTING CENTER Ahmad Khalife Collector Yes (Saida) 07-222106 The following procedures will help you in improving Ahmad Chaib Collector Toul (Nabatyieh) 03-314608 Yes your product and thus its selling price: * PLEASE ALWAYS UPDATE THE INFORMATION. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INFORMATION • Aluminum has to be sorted from all the AND SUGGESTIONS. other types of metals and be clean. • Some recyclers require to have the aluminum pressed, others no. DISCUSS WITH YOUR CLIENTS WHICH PROCEDURE IS TO BE FOLLOWED. I - Metals 5 Copper PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM COPPER RECYCLING DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL Red and yellow copper can be recycled indefinitely into othercopper products. It is a metal with excellent electrical conductivity and is rather supple in its pure state and has a reddish color compared to most metals which are normally silvery white. Copper is non-magnetic. It is used as a heat COMPANIES THAT BUY COPPER conductor, an electrical conductor, as a building material, and as a constituent of various metal alloys. Transportation Copper can be either red (in its pure state) or yellow (as an alloy with high copper content). Company Profile Location (caza) Telephone provided by the company Roundabout RECOGNITION OF MATERIAL Sharmetal Transformer 01-823675 / 6 / 7 / 8 Possible Shatila (Beirut) 01-497100 One can usually find copper in the following items: Ets. Carlo pour le Baouchrieh Transformer 01-500293 No Commerce et l’Industrie (Beirut) 03-888006 Yellow Copper: • Electrical switches • Locks 03-247790 Yahya el Hariri Collector Saida (Saida) Depends • Gears • Architectural structures (roofs, statues, ship building) 07-732190 • Bearings • Plumbing • Ammunition • Doorknob El Zahrani 03-243514 Ahmad Khalife Collector Yes • Valves • Sinks (Saida) 07-222106 • Plumbing and electrical applications • Water heating cylinders * PLEASE ALWAYS UPDATE THE INFORMATION. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INFORMATION Red Copper: AND SUGGESTIONS. • Piping (water supply) • Electronic appliances PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL • Copper wire AT THE SORTING CENTER • Generators • Transformers • Vacuum tubes The following procedures will help you in improving your product and thus its selling price: 1 - Plastics • Copper has to be sorted from all the other types of metals, and sorted by color (red and yellow copper). DISCUSS WITH YOUR CLIENTS WHICH PROCEDURE IS TO BE FOLLOWED. I - Metals 7 Lead PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM LEAD RECYCLING DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL Lead can be recycled indefinitely into otherlead products. Lead has a bluish white color when freshly cut, but tarnishes to a dull grayish color when it is exposed to air. COMPANIES THAT BUY LEAD Lead is a dense, ductile, very soft, highly malleable metal. Lead has a poor electrical conductivity and is non- magnetic. It is highly resistant to corrosion (acids among other products), unlike zinc. Transportation Company Profile Location (caza) Telephone RECOGNITION OF MATERIAL provided by the company Roundabout Sharmetal Transformer 01-823675 / 6 / 7 / 8 Possible One can usually find lead in the following items: Shatila (Beirut) • Building construction Lebanese Metal Industry Transformer Beddawi (Tripoli) 03-281434 No • Weights Borj Hammoud 01-261029 / 854770 / • Bullets Garabed Babahekian Transformer No • Container of corrosive liquids (for example: sulfuric acid) (Beirut) 444064 / 261216 • Car batteries Oreibi Transformer Taanayel (Zahle) 08-510194 Possible • Medical radiation shielding Taadod Riyak Abou Ahmad el Achhab Collector 03-201324 Possible (Baalbeck) PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL 07-732190 AT THE SORTING CENTER Yahya el Hariri Collector Saida (Saida) Possible 03-247790 The following procedures will help you in improving El Zahrani 03-243514 Ahmad Khalife Collector Possible your product and thus its selling price: (Saida) 07-222106 • Lead has to be sorted from all the other types * PLEASE ALWAYS UPDATE THE INFORMATION. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INFORMATION of metal. Car batteries can be sold as is. AND SUGGESTIONS. DISCUSS WITH YOUR CLIENTS WHICH PROCEDURE IS TO BE FOLLOWED. I - Metals 9 Bronze PRODUCTSPRODUCTS DERIVED DERIVED FROM FROM BRONZE ALUMINUM RECYCLING RECY CLING DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL Bronze can be recycled indefinitely into otherbronze products. Bronze is another copper alloy, usually tin. Bronze will deteriorate rapidly if exposed to moisture and chlorides or sulfides. Unlike steel,bronze struck against a hard surface will not generate sparks, so it is used to make COMPANIES THAT BUY BRONZE tools to be used in explosive atmospheres or in the presence of flammable vapours. COMPANIES THAT BUY PET Transportation Company Profile Location (caza) Telephone RECOGNITION OF MATERIAL provided by the company Kfarchima Ohanis Kasarjian Transformer 05-462462 No One can usually find bronze in the following packaging items: (Metn) Roundabout • Clips Sharmetal Transformer 01-823675 / 6 / 7 / 8 Possible • Electrical connectors and springs Shatila (Beirut) • Automobile transmission pilot bearings 07-732190 Yahya el Hariri Collector Saida (Saida) Possible • Bearings of small electric motors 03-247790 • Springs El Zahrani 03-243514 • Turbines Ahmad Khalife Collector Yes (Saida) 07-222106 • Blades • Hammers • Wrenches * PLEASE ALWAYS UPDATE THE INFORMATION. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR INFORMATION • Bells AND SUGGESTIONS. PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL AT THE SORTING CENTER The following procedures will help you in improving your product and thus its selling price: • Bronze has to be sorted from all the other 1 - Plastics types of metals. DISCUSS WITH YOUR CLIENTS WHICH PROCEDURE IS TO BE FOLLOWED. *