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Wall Street Journal, Grappling With a Garbage Glut, April 14th, 2012. New York City carts out 12,000 tons of trash a day. Los Angeles has constructed a garbage mountain 500 feet high. The average American tosses out 4.4 pounds of trash per day. USA population 313,000,000+ and counting. American communities on average spend more money on waste management than on [...]
Connecticut towns recycled 92,114 TONS which resulted in savings $6.3 million in trash disposal fees for 2011. For the fiscal year running from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, Mid-Connecticut Project towns delivered 92,114 tons of paper, cardboard, cans, bottles and electronics to CRRA, the highest total since those towns began recycling in 1991. Even if no rebates are paid, those towns still have a strong financial incentive to recycle. Because they pay $69 per ton to dispose of trash and nothing for delivering recyclables, they saved a total of $6.3 million in trash disposal fees in fiscal 2011. Continue reading Recycling Hits All-Time High for 64 Connecticut Municipalities |
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