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Welcome to Recyclopaedia, the open source encyclopaedia of recycling. At present the project is recruiting editors to build enough content, to become a relevant source, and index of information on recycling, with an initial emphasis on recycling processes carried out in the Australian context. If you are an aspiring editor, please feel free to follow the links provided in the box on the right, showing example articles that are under construction.

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Expanded polystyrene "EPS" is a common material in households, E-commerce and construction, that is infrequently recycled, due in part to a lack of awareness, historical issues with contamination and a lack of accessible recycling services. In Australia alone over 45,000 tons of EPS is produced each year, and less than 20,000 tons is recycled, despite Polystyrene possessing qualities which make it better for recycling than other polymers. Various facilities exist, which accept EPS, although there are sometimes limits on how much can be accepted, how clean it is, or fees for the service. Additionally, there are a number of creative do it yourself solutions to EPS waste. For example, it can be used to create molds, using a hot wire cutter and modelling cement. (Full Article...)

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4:1 Scale model of MIFS, with early production full sized brick.

• ... that Recyclopaedia's flagship project, the Modular Interconnecting Formwork System will be documented and promoted via this website, in part to encourage engagement with this encyclopaedia.
• ... that a Biogas Digester is a greenhouse gas abatement and composting tool that can produce free cooking gas for your home.
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• ... that various local councils throughout Australia offer discounts on compost bins, worm farms and bokashi bins through the Compost Revolution program.
• ... that the Open Source project Precious Plastic is designing machines and processes in order to empower communities to recycle locally.
• ... that the majority of Australian recycling sorting facilities still use hand sorting according to The Conversation.
• ... that Coffee grounds can be made into Coffee Fire Logs with ingredients commonly found around the home.
• ... that ABS plastic can be mixed with acetone to make a slurry similar in consistency to acrylic paint, useful for repairing cracks.
• ... that Recyclopaedia needs your help to create more content so that recycling becomes more sustainable and beneficial to the community.

How to contribute as an editor

Main article(s):How to contribute to editing

Anywhere on this Wiki, where you see an Edit button (pictured) you can click through to the article editor, and begin contributing information to the article, though it is preferred that you create an account first. If you are unsure your contribution should be in the article, you can instead press click the discussion button, then edit or create that page.

What you should contribute

This website is intended to serve as an index of available information on recycling. This means that the goal is to collate all relevant sources of information, along with summaries of the information they contain on the relevant parts of this website. If you come across information on, for example, Polystyrene, you might navigate to recyclopaedia.org.au/wiki/Polystyrene and provide that information as an edit, along with a link to where you found the information.

Adding links and references with markup

To add a reference to an external site when editing, you must encapsulate the link in ref tags such as these; <ref>www.planetark.org</ref>. This example would produce a resulting link like this; as well as adding your link to the references list at the bottom of the article. Adding a link with a description is achieved using square brackets such as in this example: [https://www.redcycle.net.au/ RedCycle], which results in a link like this: RedCycle.

Articles in need of writing

1. Soft Plastic - eg. Food wraps, Mylar, Bubble Wrap.
2. Kitchen scraps - an article on organic food waste from the kitchen.
3. Aluminium - One of the most common and valuable metals found in household waste.
4. Shredding Plastic - a basic process in many pathways to recycled plastic products.

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