Relating disposal-based solid waste reduction rates to recycling rates |
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Authors: | Robert B Wenger Charles R Rhyner Edith E Wagoner |
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Institution: | aCollege of Environmental Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI 54311, USA;bGreen Valley Disposal, Waunakee, WI 53597, USA |
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Abstract: | Some states measure progress in their waste reduction programs on the basis of recycling rates, while others use disposal-based reduction rates. It is generally recognized that these two measures are conceptually distinct. Nevertheless, when informational surveys of waste reduction activities are compiled, the data are usually combined in a manner that blurs this distinction and complicates the issues involved. In this paper, these two concepts are defined in a precise manner and equations are derived which clearly depict the relationship between recycling rates and disposal-based reduction rates. Information from a national survey and the US Environmental Protection Agency is used to illustrate the concepts which are developed in the paper. |
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Keywords: | Waste reduction targets Recycling rate Disposal-based reduction rate |
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