In a message dated 8/8/2008 9:03:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
guy_brad@no.address writes:Hello Ric Anthony,
Could you clarify this chart..
"Reuse" is a process and all the other lines are materials types.. the "Reuse"
is 2.0% of total therefore does it exlcude all the materials types listed ? does
this mean there is no reuse for any of them only recycle? and if so then
what are the Reuse materials types?
Hi Brad;
By now you all have seen Dan and Mary Lou's comments.
My two percent for reuse comes from looking at the
detailed composition sorts in many Cities. I actually have some
hands on experience. The lower market value is conservative and comes from
an old Urban Ore report and still makes the reuse category the
largest revenue generator by far. Even at these low rates and low
prices the value is so high that traditional waste
managers have a hard time believing. Imagine their chagrin when we put the price of paper at $100 and
metal at $100 which today is very conservative.
The paradigm shift is the
market.
Regarding the non marketable. I did add this
category. I cannot find a market for soiled diapers. I don't want to
compost or burn wood that is treated with heavy metals of poisons. And
there is about 1% in each material sorting category that is made up
of mixed materials designed for landfill. These
are products that need to be take back for redesign.
As for mistakes these are miss-throws.
Rick
Ricanthony@no.address
RichardAnthonyAssociates.com
San Diego,
California