Recycling at LANL [Slides]
Recycling is a process to change waste materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, and reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal. Solid waste sent to the Los Alamos landfill has recently become more costly for the Laboratory, due to increased tipping fees charged by Los Alamos County. Going forward, LANL will not only pay higher fees for rejected recycle material disposed of as solid waste, but will lose the chance to take credit for recycling within our pollution prevention reporting program.
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