No big surprise here! A survey of mills indicates that quality of one-bin materials are inferior.
In North America, a survey of mills’ recovered paper buyers regarding their ability to successfully use the recyclables sorted from ‘one-bin’ collection programs clearly shows that the recycling of paper is ‘significantly diminished both in quality and quantity’ in communities where mixed waste processing systems are put in place, states Robin Wiener, president of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI).
The preliminary results of the survey reveal that, of those respondents who purchase recovered fiber from mixed waste processing centers, 70% find the quality to be worse than most other recovered paper
More Information:
- Read the full story “Survey says… Recycling quality harmed by one-bin approach” – Recycling International
- Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)
