PROJECT TITLE

“ How paper, metal, wood, glass and plastics are recycled ”

MICRO PROJECT
A MICRO PROJECT SUBMITTED
IN
THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF
THE COURSE
OF
SWM(22605)
UNDER THE PROGRAMME
OF
DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
TO

MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MUMBAI

AT

SHIVAJI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, SANGOLA

BY

STUDENT NAME
MAHESH ANIL CHAVAN
UNDER THE GUIDENCE
OF

Ms.Jugadar.D.K

SEMESTER IV

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-25

 SHIVAJI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, SANGOLA

INSTITUTE VISION AND MISSION

VISION

To impart quality technical education based on values to the students of draught prone regions
to create technocrats and entrepreneurs to meet needs of industry and society at large.

MISSION

Our mission is to create an environment in which students will be able to realize technical
and entrepreneurship potential through students and industry centric pedagogy.
 SHIVAJI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE SANGOLA
CIVIL DEPARTMENT

 VISION

Our vision is to create technocrats & entrepreneurs from rural area in the field of civil
engineering to provide quality infrastructure development based on ethics & values.

 MISSION
M1: To impart quality education through demanding academic programme.
M2: To enhance career opportunities for students through exposure to industry.
M3: To promote excellence by encouraging creativity, critical thinking & Discipline based
on ethical practices.
 SHIVAJI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, SANGOLA CIVIL DEPARTMENT
Program Outcomes (POs)

PO1 – Apply basic knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering to solve civil engineering
problems.

PO2 -Identify and analyse well-defined engineering problems using codified standard methods.

PO3- Design solutions for well-defined civil engineering technical problems and to assist with processes
of implementing solutions.

PO4- Apply modern civil engineering tools and appropriate techniques to conduct standard tests and
measurements.

PO5- Apply appropriate civil engineering technology in context of society, sustainability, environment
and ethical practices.

PO6 -Use engineering management principles individually, as a team member or a leader to manage
projects and effectively communicate about well-defined civil engineering activities

PO7- Recognize value of independent lifelong learning in order to adapt to ever changing technology.

Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

PSO1- The aim of program is to demonstrate & apply laws , principles to plan , draw , design , estimate ,
test , & constructs civil engineering model & components

PSO2- Pursue lifelong learning and professional development based on on value education & ethics of
civul engineering to become technocrat & entreprenreneurs.

Program Education Objectives (PEOs)

PEO-1: To provide the students with fundamental knowledge of the basic science, mathematics &
engineering concepts required for civil engineering.

PEO-2:To understand & apply fundamental principles & concepts of civil engineering.

PEO-3:To enable students to understand, design, construct & analyze various infrastructural models.

PEO-4: To inculcate sensitivity towards society & respect for the environment.

PEO-5: To create competent engineers who will be instrumental in individually and as a team member
sustainable development by performing and communicating effectively in interdisciplinary area.
Program Name and Code: Civil engineering Academic Year : 2024-2025

Course Name and Code: SWM(22605) Semester : 6th

A STYDY ON

“ How paper, metal, wood, glass and plastics are recycled ”

MICRO PROJECT REPORT

Submitted in 2024-25 by the group of 3 students
Sr. Roll No Enrollment No Seat No
Full name of Student
No
1 02 Mahesh Anil Chavan 2212080004
2 03 Sahil Amit Dhatinge 2212080003
3 15 Ghansham Shrimant Vagare 23212650005

Under the Guidance of

Ms.Jugadar.D.K
Three Years Diploma Program in Engineering & Technology of Maharashtra State Board of
Technical Education, Mumbai (Autonomous)
ISO 9001:2008 (ISO/IEC-27001:2013)
at
1208 – Ramakrishna Technical Education Society’s
Shivaji Polytechnic College, Sangola
 MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, MUMBAI

Certificate
This is to certify that Mr.Mahesh Anil Chavan. Roll No.02 of 6th semester of Diploma in Civil Engineering

of Institute, SHIVAJI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, SANGOLA. (Code: 1208) has completed a Micro

Project satisfactorily in Subject SWM (22605) for the academic year 2024-2025 as prescribed in the

curriculum.

Place: Sangola Enrollment No: 2212080004

Date: / / 2025 Exam. Seat No:

Project Guide Head of the Department Principal

Seal of
Institute
 Index

Sr. No Title Page No

1 Abstract and Introduction

2 Main Body / Content

3 Conclusion / Learning Outcomes

4 Literature Review and References

5 Weekly Work / Progress Report

6 Evaluation Sheet
ABSTRACT

Recycling is a vital process that helps to conserve natural resources and reduce waste. This project
provides an overview of how paper, metal, wood, glass, and plastics are recycled. The recycling process for
each material involves specialized equipment and techniques to ensure that the recycled products meet the
necessary quality standards.

INTRODUCTION-

Our planet's resources are finite, and we need to use them wisely to ensure that we leave behind a habitable
world for future generations. One way we can achieve this is by reducing the amount of things we use and
reusing items where possible. However, if we cannot reduce or reuse, then recycling is a viable option.
Recycling involves the collection, processing, and transformation of waste materials into new products,
thus reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and conserving natural resources. Among the materials
that can be recycled are paper, metal, wood, glass, and plastics, which are all common in our daily lives.
Each of these materials has a specific recycling process that involves specialized equipment and techniques
to ensure that the recycled products meet quality standards. For example, paper recycling involves sorting
and shredding the paper, removing any contaminants, and processing it into pulp to make new paper
products. On the other hand, metal recycling requires melting the metal down and reshaping it into new
products. Understanding how each material is recycled is essential to reducing waste and promoting
sustainability. Recycling not only conserves natural resources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions but
also has economic benefits as it creates jobs in the collection and processing of waste materials.
Why should you recycle?

If everyone reduced, reused, and recycled, we could make Earth's resources go an awful lot further.
Recycling saves materials, reduces the need to landfill and incinerate, cuts down pollution, and helps to
make the environment more attractive. It also creates jobs, because recycling things takes a bit more effort
than making new things. Recycling doesn't just save materials: it saves energy too. Manufacturing things
uses a lot of energy from power plants and hungry power plants generally make global warming worse.
We can save a surprising amount of energy by recycling. If you recycle a single aluminum can you save
about 95 percent of the energy it would take to make a brand new one. That's enough energy saved
to power your television for about 3 hours! You'll often hear people say that over half the trash we
throw away can be recycled. Looking at the chart below, you can see that we currently recycle somewhere
between 30–100 percent of the various different materials we use. Just imagine if everyone were recycling
most of their garbage: together, we'd be making a tremendous reduction in the amount of raw materials and
energy we use and doing a lot of good for the planet.
What are the different ways of recycling?

The essential difference between a bag of trash and a bag of valuable, recyclable waste is that the trash is
all mixed up together and the recyclable waste is sorted out and separated. If you have a curbside recycling
scheme, you may be given a recycling box into which you can place certain types of waste (perhaps metal
cans, glass bottles, plastics, and newspapers) but not others. When the box is collected, it might be sorted
out at the curb. People on the truck will take time to sort through your box and put different items into
different large boxes inside the truck. So, when the truck arrives at the recycling station, the waste will
already be sorted.
Alternatively, you may see your whole box being tipped into the truck without any kind of sorting. The
truck then takes your waste to a different kind of recycling station called a MURF, which stands for
Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), where it is sorted partly by hand and partly by machine (this type of
recycling is also called single-stream or comingled). If you don't have curbside recycling, it helps to sort
out your waste and store it in separate bags or boxes before you take it to the recycling center. (For
example, you could wash out food tins and glass bottles and keep them in separate plastic bags.)

Which materials can be recycled?

Most things that you throw away can be recycled and turned into new products although some are easier to
recycle than others.
Paper and cardboard

One problem with recycling paper is that not all paper is the same. White office printer paper is made of
much higher quality raw material than the paper towels you'll find in a factory washroom. The higher the
quality of paper waste, the better the quality of recycled products it can be used to make. So high-grade
white paper collected from offices can be used to make more high-grade white recycled paper. But a
mixture of old newspapers, office paper, junk mail, and cardboard can generally be used only to make
lower-grade paper products such as "newsprint" (the low-grade paper on which newspapers are printed).
Corrugated cardboard (which is held together with glue) is harder to recycle than the thin cardboard used
to package groceries.
Waste documents are usually covered in ink, which has to be removed before paper can be recycled. Using
bleach to de-ink papers can be an environmentally harmful process and it produces toxic ink wastes that
have to be disposed of somehow. So, although recycling paper has many benefits, it comes with
environmental costs as well.
Plastics-

Of all the different materials we toss in the trash, plastics cause by far the biggest problem. They last a
long time in the environment without breaking down sometimes as much as 500 years. They're very light
and they float, so plastic litter drifts across the oceans and washes up on our beaches, killing wildlife and
scarring the shoreline. The only trouble is, plastics are relatively hard to recycle. There are many different
kinds of plastic and they all have to be recycled in a different way. There's so much plastic about that
waste plastic material doesn't have much value, so it's not always economic to collect. Plastic containers
also tend to be large and, unless people squash them, quickly fill up recycling bins.
All told, plastics are a bit of an environmental nightmare—but that's all the more reason we should make
an effort to recycle them! Different plastics can be recycled in different ways. Plastic drinks bottles are
usually made from a type of clear plastic called PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and can be turned into
such things as textile insulation (for thermal jackets and sleeping bags). Milk bottles tend to be made from
a thicker, opaque plastic called HDPE (high-density polyethylene) and can be recycled into more durable
products like flower pots and plastic pipes.
Another solution to the problem could be to use bioplastics, which claim to be more environmentally
friendly.
Metal-

Most of the metal we throw away at home comes from food and drink cans and aerosols. Typically food
cans are made from steel, which can be melted down and turned into new food cans. Drinks cans are
generally thinner and lighter and made from aluminum, which can also be recycled very easily. Mining
aluminum is a very energy-intensive and environmentally harmful process. That's why waste aluminum
cans have a relatively high value and why recycling them is such a good thing to do.

Wood-

People have been reusing this traditional, sustainable material for as long as human history. Waste wood
is often turned into new wooden products such as recycled wooden flooring or garden decking. Old
wooden railroad sleepers (now widely replaced by concrete) are sometimes used as building timbers in
homes and gardens. Waste wood can also be shredded and stuck together with adhesives to make
composite woods such as laminates. It can also be composted or burned as fuel.
Glass-
Glass is very easy to recycle; waste bottles and jars can be melted down and used again and again. You
simply toss old glass into the furnace with the ingredients you're using to make brand- new glass. Bottle
banks (large containers where waste glass is collected) were the original examples of community recycling
in many countries.

Rubber-

Huge amounts of waste rubber are produced each year, much of it from old vehicle tires. Given how big
and bulky tires are and how many of them we get through, it's perhaps surprising that only 3.4 percent of
all municipal waste in the United States is classed as rubber and leather. That might not sound a lot, but it's
about 9 million tons a year (the same weight as 2 million elephants). Old tires can often be turned into new
ones or shredded to make soft, bouncy landscaping materials for cushioning children's playgrounds .
Conclusion-
In conclusion, the recycling of paper, metal, wood, glass, and plastics is essential in protecting the
environment and conserving natural resources. Each material requires its own specific methods of
recycling, but the ultimate goal is the same to reduce waste and create a more sustainable future. While
the process of recycling does require energy and resources, it is still a better alternative than sending
these materials to landfills, where they would take hundreds of years to decompose. By recycling, we
can create a circular economy that reduces the need for new resources and minimizes the amount of
waste generated. It is vital for individuals, businesses, and governments to take action and prioritize
recycling as a key component of sustainable living.

Reference-

Textbook of solid waste management of Nirali Pubilcation.

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/recycling.html
Recycling still the most effective waste disposal method, report finds by Juliette Jowit,
The Guardian, and 16 March 2010
 Weekly Work / Progress Report …

Week Duration Work or activity Performed Sign of

Date
No. in hours the Guide

Discussion and Finalization of the

1 / /2025 One hour
Project Title

Two Preparation and Submission of

2 / /2025
hours Abstracts

Two
3 / /2025 Literature Review
hours

Two
4 / /2025 Collection of Data
hours

Two
5 / /2025 Collection of Data
hours

6 / /2025 One hour Discussion and Outline of Content

7 / /2025 Two hour Rough Writing of the Projects Contents

Editing and Proof Reading of the Contents

8 / /2025 One hour

9 / /2025 Two hour Final Completion of the Project

Seminar Presentation, viva-vice,

10 / /2025 One hour
Assessment and Submission of Report

Name of Project Guide: Ms.Jugadar.D.K

Faculty,
Shivaji Polytechnic College, Sangola
 EVALUATION SHEET FOR THE MICRO PROJECT

Academic Year: 2024-25 Name of the Faculty: - Ms.Jugadar.D.K

Course: SWM Course code:22605 Semester: VI

Title of the Project: How paper, metal, wood, glass and plastics are recycled
Course Outcomes:
1. To determine the network figures used in civil engineering
2. Analysis and study of our topic in detail.

Comments/suggestions about team work /leadership/inter-personal communication (if any)

________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Marks out of 6 Marks out of 4

for performance for performance Total Out
Roll No. Student Name in group activity in oral/ of 10
(D5 Col. 8) presentation
(D5 Col. 9)
02 Mahesh Anil Chavan

(Signature of Faculty)