Recycling in 1996: The worst of times?
Journal Article
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· Waste Age
OSTI ID:449445
Prices for recyclables in 1995 were too good to be true, and most recyclers knew it. They knew mills would not continue to pay $200 per ton of newsprint or 25 cents for a pound of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. But what they did not know was that prices would fall so far, and so fast, in 1996, without any signs of improvement on the immediate horizon for 1997. Recycling legislation at the state level did not fare much better. State legislatures did not enact--or even consider--much recycling legislation. But now, many industry sources are predicting that 1997 may be a more active year, especially with regard to container-deposit bills. Highlights are presented of the best and the worst of the past year in recycling, and a forecast as to what the near future may hold.
- OSTI ID:
- 449445
- Journal Information:
- Waste Age, Journal Name: Waste Age Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 28; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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