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Mon 22 Aug, 2005 07:48 am
The question is as follows...Assume that25% of the community waste could be recovered and sold through recycling. Assume that the average market price paid aluminum, glass, ferrous metal, paper, and plastic is $10.00 per ton. Assume that the cost fro collection and transportation of recyclables is equivalent to that of waste.
a. Calculate the maount of annual community waste diposal cost that could be saved through recycling.
b. Explain some possible benefits associated with recycling of municipal waste.
Need a lot more.
a) You need a lot more information. How much waste is produced? (25% of what number?) There must be an added cost for recycling since dumping something in the landfill is going to be cheaper than separating it, cleaning it, bundling it, selling it. What is that extra cost? I know you said to assume it is the same as trash collection, but that doesn't make sense. My community has waste recycling and it is not a break even proposition, much less a money maker.
b) This is where the value of recycling comes in, but this is your essay to write. An internet search on "benefits of recycling" will help you out.
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