Recycling

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A colony on Mars uses a number of materials to build everything they need for living. Mining is one way to acquire new materials - and a pretty laborious one.

A lot easier is the Recycling of litter, especially if the litter consists of only a few materials, and most easy if the pieces of litter are made from single material. The concept requires special manufacturing, that takes care to use pure single material if possible.

Things made from single material

Things made from a material composition

The following things need more than one material, but the materials can be separated easily for recycling:

  • cable from metal and plastics (e.g. polyethylene)
  • insulating mat from mineral fibre and plastics casing (e.g. polyethylene)
  • laminated safety glass

List of Materials

This list comprises recyclable materials, that are really needed by an autonomous colony: