Waste generation, recovery grow in Oregon.In 2003, recycling and waste disposal in Oregon reached record levels, 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. figures released by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ DEQ Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay." ) in its 12th annual survey of garbage haulers and private recycling and composting
Oregon's solid waste generation continues to rise, reaching a high of 4.95 million tons, or 2,800 pounds per Oregonian per year. Waste recovery and recycling efforts softened the environmental impact of increased waste generation by diverting 2.16 million tons of material to productive end uses, according to the DEQ. This recovery level of 1,220 pounds per person represents a new high for Oregon. After credits for reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. and backyard composting, Oregon's official waste recovery rate stands at a record 47.3 percent, topping 2002's 46.5 percent rate, the DEQ reports. Most significant in the increased recovery rate was the increase of more than 53,000 tons in paper recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. . This reflects the improved strength of secondary fiber markets and the growing number of mixed paper collection programs. Though much of that increase was reported as newspaper recovery, evidence indicates that more mixed paper is finding its way to newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been mills, rather than a dramatic increase in actual newspaper recovery, the DEQ reports. "Northwest newsprint mills have adapted along with the marketplace by increasing their ability to accept mixed paper while still making a high-quality product," Jay Donnaway, coordinator of the DEQ's materials recovery survey, says. Although statewide waste recovery now surpasses Oregon's 45 percent goal for 2005, it will be difficult for the state to meet the Oregon Legislature's mandate of no increase in per-capita waste generation in 2005, Donnaway says. Waste generation is a measure of total discards (recovery and disposal) from households and businesses. In amassing their record 2,800 pounds of waste generation per person, Oregonians discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. 2.75 percent more materials (an extra 74 pounds) in 2003 than in 2002. Further DEQ data is available at www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/solwaste/swrd.html. |
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