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Originally Posted by chaos
I see on the news that the recycling industry is in big trouble.
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Hi chaos,
According to a Dept of the Environment press release (3/11/08), the international market for recycled paper/cardboard in particular has collapsed. (Earlier in the year, the DOE reported that 83% of all recyclable material in Ireland is "necessarily exported." Given recent developments, it seems that JumbleTown's ethos of re-use/life-cycling before (premature) recycling is more important than ever.)
Minister Gormley said: “Up until very recently, good quality paper, the type typically found in green bins, was getting 200 dollars a tonne but that has now dropped to 75 dollars. Lower quality contaminated paper had been getting 100 dollars but at present is not being taken at all...
“We have a short-term market failure and I recognise that this presents serious challenges for the waste industry. The most urgent problem is to have more storage capacity in place..."
Let's hope that more re-use will be encouraged plus greater regulation of the excess packaging used on most items. After all, if we have a mountain of recyclates going into the Christmas period, where will be after the unpacking of all those prezzies...up to our necks! All vacant space will have to utilised. Dail Eireann is usually empty isn't it!? :)
Details here:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment...y,18785,en.htm
Regards
Chris P
Admin
PIC BELOW: In "A Day in the Life," the Beatles said they discovered "how many holes it takes to fill up the Albert Hall." Does anyone have any idea how many flattened boxes it might take to fill up Dail Eireann? :)