AF & PA announces new recycling goal.
AF & PA ANNOUNCES NEW 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. GOAL. The American Forest &
Paper Association (AF & PA), Washington, D.C. announced that a
record high 51.5% of the paper consumed in the U.S. (51.3 million tons)
was recovered for recycling in 2005. This recovery represents an
increase of 76% since 1990, when the paper industry undertook its first
serious commitment to advance recycling in the United States This article examines recycling in the United States. A number of U.S. states, such as California, Hawaii, Oregon, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Iowa, Michigan and New York have passed laws that establish deposits or refund values on beverage containers in . Currently,
Americans recover about 346 pounds of paper per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. , up from 233
pounds in 1990. To keep up with global demand for recovered fiber, the
industry has set a goal of 55% recovery by 2012. For a searchable
database Refers to databases on the Web that are searchable by typing in a query. The term is quite redundant because all databases are searchable. In fact, that is one of their major features. of historical information regarding recovery by paper grade,
visit www.paperrecycles.org.
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