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The advent of "single-stream" recycling—in which s merge paper, plastic, glass, and metal—has attracted particular concern, in light of limited markets for recycled plastic and because of transport costs (and thus carbon emissions and greenhouse gases) associated with getting it to countries with the capacity to reprocess it.
Plus de détailsSimilarly, a project run by the Glass Recycling Company in Johannesburg increased the recycling rate across South Africa from 18% in 2005–06 to …
Plus de détailsFurther treated glass, with up to 99.8 percent purity, and fine grind, can find markets at $70-$100/mt. Colour-sorted and high-purity glass cullet can be sold at $60-$80 USD in Canada and the U.S. (taking into account variation in cost per tonne for hauling, from $5 to …
Plus de détailsShannon said it costs between $70 and $90 to process a ton of glass. That then is sold for around $10 a ton. The value of other recyclables, including paper, plastic and aluminum, can generate ...
Plus de détailsCost of transporting glass to recycling ... McConn said part of the reason the county decided to stop shipping waste glass to the cities was the …
Plus de détailsThe reasons include cost, weight (transportation), convenience, fragility vs plastic and improvements in plastic materials. The general view from the governments in these countries seem to be that plastic managed well can be as good as glass. With recycling, downcycling and incineration plastic has a similar carbon footprint and does no harm to ...
Plus de détailsThe cost of picking up and transporting recyclables can range from $20 to $70 per ton, depending on the length and difficulty of the recycling truck routes, and the budget also has to consider the energy cost of the fossil fuels burned to run these trucks, as well as labor and fuel costs to sort, process, and market the recycled material. [2]
Plus de détailsCollection and transport cost to transfer station + secondary transport cost to disposal facility C1＋C2＋C3＋C4： Collection and transport cost to disposal facility Garbage collection and transport cost (1000 yen/waste in ton per year) CO 2 emissions (CO 2 in ton/waste in ton per year) 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 ...
Plus de détailsAnswer: I am sure there are many, many different answers to this question depending on the comparison that is being made. The first difficulty in giving a straight answer is what is meant by "energetic costs" and what process is being measured in either case. The simplest answer is that it is al...
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