What are the benefits of single-stream recycling?
Horst: Single-stream recycling is here to stay. Too many key players in this sector have put time and resources into the concept, and they want to be successful. Productivity per square foot and manpower hours will be maximized in these facilities, but at the expense of increased transportation costs. I see glass cullet a contamination problem in single-stream. The only way to avoid contamination is to keep [glass] out completely.
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