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Article: A steady beat: materials generation is flat but steady in the Midwest, while most curbside programs remain on the government menu.(Regional Report)
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- Recycling Today
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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Curbside programs are being carefully examined by recycling advocates and government policy makers in the Midwestern U.S., as they are in other parts the country, for their continued viability.
Meanwhile, the movement of more traditional scrap materials in the region--including ferrous scrap and paper--is steady, if not spectacular. The flatness of recycling volumes and programs matches a prairie landscape that might be associated with the Midwest region.
AWAITING A SURGE. "Things are flowing into the yard, but it is slow on both paper and steel scrap," says Marty Davis of MidlandDavis Corp., Moline III. "Inbound numbers are down from our peak years. ...