The Economics of Household Recycling

KQED QUEST staff Audio Report on Aug 03, 2009 by from
Topics: Environment, Radio

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Once they leave your driveway, your discarded bottles, newspapers, and other recyclables become part of a multi-billion dollar global commodities market. Last month's phone bill, for example, might be sent to China to be reincarnated as next month's iPhone packaging. But when those markets collapse — as they did last winter — neighborhood recycling programs are hit hard.

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