NREL research quantifies losses from cardboard, paper waste

Paper and cardboard waste landfilled in 2019 by type and state. The pie charts’ sizes represent the quantity of landfilled material in kilotons. The material types are shown as a percentage of total landfilled material in different colors. Credit: NREL

Piles of cardboard and paper littering America’s landfills represent $4 billion in lost economic value, according to a new analysis by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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News Source: phys.org