ApocaDocs: Recycling waste piles up as prices collapse

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Posted Thu Nov 6 2008: from Times Online (UK):


	Recycling waste piles up as prices collapse http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1225999195 Thousands of tonnes of rubbish collected from household recycling bins may have to be stored in warehouses and former military bases to save them from being dumped after a collapse in prices. Collection companies and councils are running out of space to store paper, plastic bottles and steel cans because prices are so low that the materials cannot be shifted. Collections of mixed plastics, mixed paper and steel reached record levels in the summer but the "bottom fell out of the market" and they are now worthless. The plunge in prices was caused by a sudden fall in demand for recycled materials, especially from China, as manufacturers reduced their output in line with the global economc downturn.

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'Doc Michael says:

Supply and demand may require that we demand that we recycle.