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D.0. only 29 percent of the population
<br />with acre„ to ,b,,d, regdum in 200S
<br />was served by a smglmstream collection
<br />program. 11vu number grew to SO per
<br />co -
<br />m by 2007.
<br />'IR, ,irgle�tream collection method
<br />benefits haulers in that it allows them
<br />to collect more mat eral more efficiently
<br />using automated collection, lager bins
<br />and often sunlm raparturent
<br />compaction truck It at,, has been shown
<br />increase to the volume of recyclable, re-
<br />red. For ustarcc, Jerry cifx CPO of
<br />County Waste &Recycling, Churn Park.
<br />N.Y. say, the volume of recyclable, i n-
<br />,yea,edby,24 percent since single-stream
<br />recycling was implemented in the m -
<br />Pany', service area, while the volume of
<br />garbage declined by 2A percent. County
<br />Waste is currently processi g n early
<br />10,000 tons per month, C,mr says.
<br />When County Waste. which serves
<br />180,000 resident,, moved to sume-stream
<br />collection, it also expanded the range of
<br />recyclable, it accept,. Rather than accept
<br />only plastics Nos. 1 and A County Waste
<br />new accept, plastics Nos. 1 through 7
<br />well as metals beyond aluminum and
<br />steel cans. Cifr says.
<br />-We have seen volurm,m se by SO
<br />to 300 percent in arkets where we have
<br />- me,ducod single stream' says 6mve
<br />lR m, region vice president ofI- Iou,mm-
<br />based Greenstar Recycling. 'Customers
<br />es pond quickly to the convenience of
<br />putting all recycable, cot m bm:
<br />Cifor says the move to single stream
<br />ha,been popularwfh County Waste cu,-
<br />s. `I think our cu,t,meus love the
<br />and were lack ,
<br />ed up c
<br />bese of the new s me° he say,.
<br />Ceramic
<br />,wnt think of a m ulnegative, other
<br />than it cost us a con of money to [convert
<br />to] i
<br />County Waste spent roughly $12 ml-
<br />Ton on its new s, gl,-,n ®m MRP and
<br />also invested $29 million in new coll,,
<br />turn trucks and co . Cifor says.
<br />IR, company is expecting a return on
<br />m [cycle offivet xyears.
<br />ghe question of who bears the cost
<br />burden of tumult some- stream material
<br />into sable secondary commodities also
<br />n be a issue mong haul-
<br />ers. processors and consumers.
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<br />`Rrere are many advantages to single-
<br />collection: m
<br />says Marcy Yhop,
<br />u di collection: vie co president and general
<br />roger, Source Recycling Inc., Chains-
<br />side, S.C. °Rue equ ,pmentneeded to had
<br />single-stream material is more automat-
<br />ed, using less people, meaning haulers
<br />n pack up more material in relatively
<br />less
<br />continues, in contrast, takes
<br />more equipment to process this same
<br />material. With the constant mprove-
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