Report establishes link between recycling, climate,
energy
Dec. 12 -- A new report due to be released, Dec. 17, claims
to establish a direct link between beverage container recycling, climate change
and U.S. energy security, and will evaluate U.S. beverage companies on their
recycling performance.
The As You Sow report, titled "Waste and Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container
Recycling Scorecard and Report," laments the fact that only one-third of the
more than 200 billion beverage containers sold in the United States are
recycled. The report evaluates 23 major U.S. beverage manufacturers on well they
recycle and identifies industry leaders and laggards.
If all the beverage containers were recycled, it would have avoided 15.6
million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, said Amy Galland, As You Sow
research director and author of the report. Making aluminum cans from recycled
material uses 95% less energy than using virgin materials, while recycling
plastic and glass requires 30% and 35% less energy, respectively.
"Most people don´t realize that beverage container recycling has a direct
impact on climate change and energy security," Galland said.
http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2006-scorecard.pdf
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