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SIGNAL ACQUIRED

WHAT IS RECYCLING?

The process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. An alternative to conventional waste disposal that can save material and help lower greenhouse gas emissions.

THE CYCLE

01 COLLECT
02 SORT
03 PROCESS
04 MANUFACTURE
05 PURCHASE

SIGNAL DEGRADATION

Each recycling pass introduces entropy. Materials lose fidelity. Paper fibers shorten. Plastics downgrade. Yet from degradation, new forms emerge.

Generation 1
Generation 2
Generation 3
Generation 4
Generation 5

END TRANSMISSION

Nothing is created. Nothing is destroyed. Everything is recycled.

RECORDED: 1977 | TRANSFERRED: 1988 | DIGITIZED: 2003 | RENDERED: NOW