Recycling access remains high.The American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Washington, says its latest survey shows that 86 percent of the U.S. population, or 254 million people, have access to 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: or drop-off 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. programs. That represents a number that towers above what was taking place just 15 years ago, when only 15 percent of the U.S. population was served by curbside programs. 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. statistics posted to the Web site of the Container Recycling Institute, Arlington, Va., that number rose throughout the 1990s, reaching between 50 and 60 percent of the population by the end of the decade. AF&PA's 2005 Community Survey measures and tracks the growth of access to community-level paper and paperboard paperboard, material similiar in shape and composition to paper, but generally thicker, stronger, and more rigid. Paper machines, e.g., Fourdrinier machines, are used to make sheets of paperboard. recycling in the U.S. and has been conducted since 1994. Key findings from the latest survey include: * 86 percent of the U.S. population (254 million people) has access to curbside or drop-off recycling programs. * 56 percent of the U.S. population (148 million people) has access to curbside recycling programs. * 64 percent of the U.S. population (165 million people) has access to drop-off recycling programs. * Increased recycling access for many mixed paper grades--especially direct mail, telephone directories, and coated and uncoated paperboard--suggests that communities with existing curbside and drop-off programs are adding paper and paperboard categories to their programs. An AF&PA news release notes that its "member companies are encouraged by the increase in grades of paper being recovered in existing recycling programs and see this as an important factor in helping to achieve the industry's aggressive goal to recover 55 percent of the paper consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. in the U.S. by 2012." |
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