Re: [greenyes] Recycling efficiency & GHG savings

["Roger Guttentag" <rgutten@no.address>]

The August 2003 edition of Resource Recycling magazine will have a Recycling
in Cyberspace column that is devoted to Web accessible information resources
on the relationship between solid waste management practices and climate
change impacts.  A list of these Web sites will be posted to the Resource
Recycling Web site at:

http://www.resource-recycling.com/links.html

Two good starting points would be:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsWaste.html
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/resources/ClimChange/ClimChange.htm

Roger M. Guttentag
610-584-8836
rgutten@no.address


----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Telfer <cwma@no.address>
To: <greenyes@no.address>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 5:02 PM
Subject: [greenyes] Recycling efficiency & GHG savings


> Dear all,
>
> I'm looking for some statistics on the energy-efficiency of recycling vs
> new (virgin) production, specifically for wood, plastic, concrete and
> metal. Similar information on Greenhouse gas emissions (or emissions saved
> by recycling) would be great. Thanks.
>
>
> Andy Telfer
> Executive Director, Coast Waste Management Association
> www.cwma.bc.ca
> PO Box 85, Qualicum Beach, BC, V9K 1S7, CANADA
> tel 250-752-8293        fax 250-752-4487
>
> CWMA: Networking solutions for waste and the environment.