The authors of a recent report on jobs and recycling have responded in Plastics News to criticisms from Nestle Waters. Read the letter here http://plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=24287 Read the full report here http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2011-ReturningToWork.pdf
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Nestle Waters responds to CRI Jobs report
Nestle Waters responded to the CRI Jobs report in the trade magazine Plastics News. Read the letter here http://plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=24150 read the report here http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2011-ReturningToWork.pdf
Full jobs report available from Container Recycling Institute
Returning to Work: Understanding the Domestic Jobs Impacts from Different Methods of Recycling Beverage Containers, a report by Clarissa Morawski and Jeffrey Morris for the Container Recycling Institute, is now available for download From The CRI Website. http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2011-ReturningToWork.pdf
Waste and Recycling News reports on Jobs report
Waste and Recycling News discussed the newly released jobs report from CRI. Link to the story here. http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=1328108222 Read the full report here http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2011-ReturningToWork.pdf
Evaluating End-of-Life Beverage Container Management Systems for California
CM Consulting and R3 Consulting published a study analyzing different beverage container management systems. Case studies of the beverage container deposit systems in California, Germany, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, as well as packaging systems in Ontario and Germany. Read the report here http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2009-BeverageSystemsCalifornia.pdf
Returning to Work: Container deposit legislation could ease Americas unemployment
Workers are needed in landfilling, curbside recycling and container deposit return, but which sector brings the most much-needed jobs to the struggling U.S. economy? Our authors provide a detailed analysis of the positive impact beverage container deposit programs can have on job creation. Returning to Work Click on the link below to see the full […]
New Study on Reuse and Recycling Systems for Selected Beverage Packaging from a Sustainability Perpsective
A study just released by PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG in Germany assesses the existing systems for collecting and recycling beverage containers in Germany from a social, economic, and ecological viewpoint. It shows that for beverage containers, deposit-return systems are preferable to green-dot systems (industry-financed curbside collection) in that deposit-return systems acheive higher collection rates, create more jobs, […]
Newsprint on the Orient Express – 2011
Each year, Ontario municipalities collect just under 500,000 tonnes of printed paper for recycling. Newsprint, magazines, catalogues, phone books and household paper comprise more than half the total weight of all blue box recyclables collected. The volumes are significant, and are worth over $40 millionin the marketplace. For years the recycled fibres were used by […]
Understanding economic and environmental impacts of single-stream collection systems
In 2009, the Container Recycling Institute undertook a study on the impacts of single-stream collection of residential recyclables, with a particular focus on the economic and environmental impacts of this collection method on the final material sent to end-markets for recycling. The past decade has experienced a significant increase in packaging generation. At the same […]
An Overview of Plastic Bottle Recycling in Canada
Recovery and recycling of plastic bottles in Canada varies dramatically based on the province and the bottle type. In 2002, of the 235,086 tonnes generated, approximately 84,709 tonnes or 36% of plastic bottle material was recovered and recycled, based on available data. To date, deposit return systems for beverage containers are 2.3 times more effective […]
