Recycling Of Packaging Yields Environme...( ncineratingbut the totalenvironmenta...)

ncinerating, but the total environmental gain is not particularly great. Recycling has positive environmental effects on landfill sites, since more active efforts are made to find substitute fuels for incineration plants among other types of combustible waste that would otherwise have become landfill. Landfill is clearly the worst alternative from an environmental point of view. This applies to all types of materials," he explains.

Recycling saves energy
The packaging manufacturing process requires a great deal of energy. The energy saving is greatest for recycled aluminium, which only requires one-twentieth of the energy needed to manufacture new packaging from raw material.

"The energy gain is often so significant that it is advantageous in environmental terms to transport collected packaging long distances for recycling, even as far as from the far north of Sweden to the far south. This applies to all types of packaging investigated," he adds.

One adverse effect, however, is that litter has increased in places and the aesthetic appeal of some areas has declined. Producers, contractors, local authorities and others involved are now trying to find solutions to this problem.

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Contact: Erik Westin
erik.westin@environ.se
46-8-698 1620
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
9-Dec-1998

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