November 13, 2008
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Waste & Recycling Newsletter November 13, 2008 |
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Paper industry calls for more `self sufficient` UK recycling
The UK paper industry has lent its voice to the growing clamour for action over the collapse in demand for waste material from Chinese recyclers, urging the government to bolster domestic UK recycling capacity to help limit the risk of a repeat of the current crisis. Demand for waste paper, cardboard, plastics and metals has collapsed in recent weeks with many of the Chinese recycling firms that dominate the global industry refusing to buy material from the UK and Europe amidst fears a recession will dampen demand for its products. The price of a tonne of cardboard has reportedly collapsed from ... |
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The economics of recycling
Aluminum has always played a large role in the recycling game. If we were to recover 75 percent of the aluminum cans we throw away, recycling them instead, we would save 11.8 million metric tons of carbon generated to produce new cans. Though steel and iron were recycled before aluminum, this infinitely recyclable metal, was the source of a 1968 Reynolds pilot can-recycling program which was a significant step in starting the consumer recycling movement. Since this initial program, recycling has certainly spread. We now have bins in our offices and pick up at our homes. At the same time, across ... |
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