Environmental
Jun. 17, 2000
Long Live Recycling
Forum: By William W. Funderburk Jr. and Lisa J. Morelli For at least the last century, scrap recyclers have provided a common-sense, intelligent alternative to landfilling and incineration. Passage of the federal Superfund law in 1980 by a lame-duck Congress and president, however, threatened the recycling industry and created a market distortion preferring virgin feedstock materials over recycled feedstock materials.
William W. Funderburk Jr. and Lisa J. Morelli
For at least the last century, scrap recyclers have provided a common-sense, intelligent alternative to landfilling and incineration. Passage of the federal Superfund law in 1980 by a lame-duck Congress and president, however, threatened the recycling industry and c...