Material Recycling

Engineering Studies – P2 Product Engineering – Materials and Manufacturing

This topic investigates the engineering challenge of recycling products and highlights methods of recycling.

Key Concepts

• Recycling processes
• Recycling applications
• Sustainable design
• The challenges of recycling

Discussion Questions

1. Define the term recycling.
2. Discuss an example of recycling-
   • metal
   • polymer
   • composite
   • timber
   • ceramic.
3. Describe the polymer (plastic) recycling code system?
4. What is sustainable design?
5. What is a ‘closed loop’ cycle?