Pork barrel politics miss the point
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There has been a recent move by some virgin content manufacturers to protest the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) funding ofthe Recycling Advisory Council. This came as a result of state government mandates requiring recycled commodity use in the manufacture of specific consumer items. A group of congressional members asked the EPA administrator tojustify said funding during budget hearings. Luckily, the move was quashed by senate members. The protesting corporations were advised to join instead the nationwide campaign for recycled content products.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1992
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Product repair gives way to recycling
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Products are more likely to be disposed of and replaced than repaired and retained. However, organizations are developing techniques to recycle disposed products. Potentially recoverable materials from automobiles, demolished buildings and household electronics items are destroyed without any recovery attempts. Recovery approaches aid in management of glass, plastic and other dangerous materials and provide employment opportunities.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1996
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Pumping new blood into recycling
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The recycling industry is experiencing a period of decline, with commodity prices down, recovery levels and services plateauing, and waste haulers, and even some state governments downsizing recycling infrastructure. Development of an international market for recyclable commodities is expected to boost the US recycling industry.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1999
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