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From: PaperProphet8/2/2019 6:54:11 PM
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From Sedona Recycling which is recycling Styrofoam/EPS (expanded polystyrene):

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"Since we began planning to accept EPS, we always knew that the cost of processing would be greater than the money received for the finished product. But we had no idea how wide that gap really was until now. For the past month, we tracked exactly how much time our staff spends processing EPS and preparing one pallet of EPS logs for shipping. It took one month to prepare one pallet.

The finished pallet of EPS logs, minus the weight of the pallet itself, weighed 837 pounds. The number of hours that staff ran the densifier and processed the EPS was 59.75 hours. The gross payroll for this processing came to $893.25. This did not include payroll taxes, insurance, or any of the other associated costs. We will sell this pallet of EPS for $167.40, based on the current price of $400 per ton. Processing one pallet of EPS resulted in a net loss of $725.85.

Even our own staff is asking the question, “Why in the world are we doing this?” The answer is simple, but may be hard for people to understand. We accept EPS because it is the right thing to do. It may not be the smartest financially speaking, but so--metimes we have to do things because no one else will."

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It makes sense to Sedona Recycling to lose money because they apparently believe all other resources are pollution free and won't leave any sort of carbon footprint. Don't their employees drive to work using gasoline...in a car which was manufactured by other employees who also use resources??

There's not an easy answer to pollution but money is often a good proxy for resources used. The answer is definitely not to use more resources than are restored through recycling.
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