Recycling: looking beyond the bottom line
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It is relatively easy to produce reliable estimates of some of the costs and benefits associated with curbside recycling programs in the US. It is almost certain that waste disposal costs will decline where recycling programs are introduced, for example, while there will be costs associated with processing the recyclable materials. However, it is extremely difficult to predict the revenues which will be obtained from selling recycled materials. The cost-benefit balance for a curbside recycling programme will also vary from city to city, depending, for example, on the availability of landfill facilities.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1997
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Recycling boosts the local economy
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A survey conducted in three cities in the eastern part of the U.S. indicates that recycling operations can account for ten times the number of jobs as disposal operations, on a per-tons-of-materials-handled basis. Economic benefits of recycling-based manufacture are very high. However, not all areas have a good market for recycled products. Educating people on the advantages of using recycled items and involving economic agencies in providing finances and helping community based organizations would improve the economy.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1995
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Zuni/Navajo regional recycling initiative
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The New Mexico Dept. of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Zuni Entrepreneural Enterprises Inc. and the Navajo Nations Environmental Protection Administration launched a recycling program that covered the Zuni reservation, the Navajo Nation and other non-Indian areas of Mckinley County to solve the area's problems in solid waste management. The project is expected to reduce the area's unemployment by providing jobs to the residents and dramatically cut the costs of waste disposal.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1995
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