covered with resin or cast metal. On the other
hand other swaged terminations can be recycled
or reused. Membranes are more complicated and
we will deal with this later.
al vertedero o reciclarlas? Suponiendo que se
trate de un usuario comprometido con el medio
ambiente, y decida reciclar la membrana, debe
encontrar el medio de hacerlo.
Reuse
In many material studies we constantly find the
word “recyclable”. A material without this seal
of approval won’t get good reviews. But what
does “recyclable” really mean? According to the
dictionary “recyclable” simply means something
that can be recycled, but it has a different
technical meaning:
Tr. tech: To repeatedly submit a material to the
same cycle so as to widen or increase its use.
This is very precise and talks of “repeatedly”
and “the same cycle”, which is somewhat similar
to “reuse” as mentioned before.
However, we want to look at reality: What
percentage of membranes is recycled? Not just
whether they are recyclable or not.
What’s interesting is testing whether the membranes used in this type of construction are recyclable or reusable in the case that they are not
going to be used again for the purpose they were
constructed.
We can generally assume that membranes are
rarely reused except in certain cases:
❚❚ The membrane is like new having been used for
a very short time, or has undergone little or no
exposure to physically or chemical damage.
❚❚ The pattern design was very simple and a large
area of material remains intact after eliminating
the joins.
❚❚ The next customer is willing to use this type
of membrane.
It is difficult to come across these conditions
often given that most membranes are not reused.
But are they recycled?
Once the membranes have been taken
down the question arises as what to do with
them. Throw them away or recycle them?
Supposing that the customer is committed to the
environment and decides to recycle, he/she must
find the way to do it.
El reciclado
Tal como se ha comentado en el capítulo anteri ܋