AF&PA releases recycling study.AF&PA RELEASES RECYCLING recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. STUDY. American Forest and Paper Assoc. (AF&PA), Washington, D.C., USA, released findings of a study it sponsored that says single-stream recycling programs significantly increase recycling costs. The study evaluated the system-wide cost of single stream vs. dual stream recycling while also assessing recovered fiber quality. Jaakko Poyry Consulting and Skumatz Economic Research Associates conducted the study. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the study, implementation of single stream programs gave the following: * Systemwide expenses increased an average of US$ 3 per ton. * Curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: collection costs were approximately US$ 15 per ton. * Mills incurred operating and maintenance cost increases of approximately US$ 8 per ton when using recovered paper from single stream programs. These costs include equipment maintenance costs and sorting and disposal of other recyclable re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. materials such as glass, plastic, aluminum, and steel that contaminate con·tam·i·nate v. 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. con·tam·i·nant n. paper when not separated before arriving at a paper mill. |
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