Materials and energy from municipal waste: resource recovery and recycling from municipal solid waste and beverage container deposit legislation

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5299616

This report addresses important questions that have arisen about the feasibility of various approaches to resource recovery, recyling, and reuse. It presents the results of an examination of important technical, economic, and institutional factors. Federal policies that might stimulate resource recovery, recycling, and reuse were identified and their effectiveness and impacts were assessed. The criteria used for assessing the policy options include technical and administrative feasibility (effectiveness), economic efficiency, equity, risk reduction, and diversity.

• Research Organization: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5299616
• Report Number(s): PB-300849
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320604* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Municipal Waste Management-- (1980-)
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM
BEVERAGES
CONTAINERS
COST
ELEMENTS
ENERGY FACILITIES
FOOD
GLASS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IRON
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LEGISLATION
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
MATERIALS RECOVERY
METALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
PAPER
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
RECYCLING
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
STEELS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
WASTES