Posted on October 14, 2011

Energy and Economic Value of Nonrecycled Plastics (NRP) and Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) That Are Currently Landfiled in the Fifty States

Columbia University, Earth Engineering Center / by N.J. Themelis, M.J. Castaldi, J. Bhatti, and L. Arsova http://bit.ly/nay9mp [From Executive Summary]  …despite the efforts of many communities to source-separate plastics, less than 15% of the U.S. post-consumer plastics are being diverted from landfills by means of recycling and energy recovery…. Key Findings The results of this … Continue reading »