THE SERVICE, VALUE, AND LABOR OF RECYCLING

摘要

Recycling produces quality goods, creating efficiencies that benefit the environment and the sustainability of industrial manufacturing. The processed scrap commodity's value usually is sufficient to cover the cost of collecting, processing, and marketing it. But one effect we're seeing from China's trade policy changes is a devaluation of some scrap commodities. Residential mixed paper and post-consumer plastics have so little demand and value right now that some material recovery facilities have halted collections or sent recyclables to landfills.