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Bill, I agree that recyclers are fighting subsidies. I also find it interesting that SWANA thinks that subsidies for virgin materials are unfair and create barriers to increased recycling and composting and at the same time SWANA believes that subsidies for burning or landfilling trash (in the form of renewable energy credits) are good and do not compete with recycling or composting. To me this is speaking or of both sides of your mouth...... when it is full. Susan Hubbard CEO Eureka Recycling 2828 Kennedy St., NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 (651)222-7678 (612)623-3277 www.eurekarecycling.org Waste is Preventable Not Inevitable -----Original Message----- From: William Ramcheck [mailto:bramcheck@no.address] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:04 PM To: Reindl, John; Jerry Powell; greenyes@no.address Subject: RE: [greenyes] An explanation Hi John, Jerry, and others in this virgin subsidy discussion: I tend to agree with John's points as previously stated, and would answer his question below specifically by referencing that recyclers ARE fighting to get rid of the subsidies, or at least to modify them. Go to SWANA's position paper on "Pushing the Envelope on Waste Reduction and Recovery" at http://www.swana.org/pdf/swana_pdf_48.pdf and go to page 10 to find their statements regarding this. Keep in mind that is a working document and will likely be revised at the upcoming WASTECON. Perhaps the points you're all raising should be relayed to the group working on that revision effort, and other national groups join in that effort. Bill Tarman-Ramcheck Public Works Programs Analyst City of Wauwatosa Public Works -----Original Message----- From: Reindl, John [mailto:Reindl@no.address] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:06 PM To: 'Jerry Powell'; greenyes@no.address Subject: RE: [greenyes] An explanation Hi Jerry ~ The question should really be "why don't recyclers fight to get rid of the subsidies". Instead, I see them asking for subsidies for their programs. I wouldn't expect the integrated producers to want any of their subsidies to be reduced. But even conservative and libertarian groups want these subsidies eliminated. And worse, why don't recyclers want to go to an environmental valuation fee system like that used in other countries? This would "internalize the externalities". John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Powell [mailto:jpowell@no.address] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:35 AM > To: greenyes@no.address > Subject: [greenyes] An explanation > > > John and Richard: One reason why the removal of virgin tax > subsidies does not receive wide support among consumers of > secondary materials is that more than half of the recyclables > collected in the U.S. are consumed by integrated producers > (those who use both virgin and secondary materials). In > newspaper recycling, the two largest users of ONP are Abitibi > Consolidated and Weyerhaueser, both integrated producers. In > aluminum cans, it's Alcoa and Alcan. In fact, only a fairly > small portion of secondary materrials is used to make > all-recycled-content products. There's no 100-percent > recycled glass bottle, there's no all-recycled corrugated box, etc. > _______ > Jerry Powell, Editor and Publisher > Resource Recycling Magazine > E-Scrap News > Plastics Recycling Update > > P.O. Box 42270 > Portland, OR 97242-0270 > (503) 233-1305 office > ; > (503) 233-1356 fax > (503) 781-2183 cell > jpowell@no.address > www.resource-recycling.com > www.e-scrapnews.com > |
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