Cost of recycling [Archive]

wolram

Jan19-09, 01:01 PM

It seems now the economy has slowed down recycling is going to be an even bigger pain in the wallet.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1104741/Recycling-crisis-Taxpayers-foot-UKs-growing-waste-paper-mountain-market-collapses.html

Nick M

Jan19-09, 01:45 PM

I work for a wastewater treatment plant that processes the WW from a paper factory. The mill just made big upgrades so that they could purchase lower quality paper stock due to stock prices. Aside from energy, paper stock is a huge cost to paper mills in the US.

Interesting that they have a surplus of material in the UK.

wolram

Jan19-09, 01:55 PM

I work for a wastewater treatment plant that processes the WW from a paper factory. The mill just made big upgrades so that they could purchase lower quality paper stock due to stock prices. Aside from energy, paper stock is a huge cost to paper mills in the US.

Interesting that they have a surplus of material in the UK.

SHHHHH, we could make a killing from this. :smile:

mgb_phys

Jan19-09, 02:04 PM

A similair thing happened a couple of years ago when the price of steel dropped - you ended up having to pay to scrap a car because the metal in wasn't worth anything.

Remember this is the Daily Mail so there is an underlying message of blame Europe/government/environmentalists/illegal immigrants for this problem. It would still cost money to put the paper in landfill.