Trash to energy sounds so wonderful. My former life was 40 years in paper manufacturing so somewhat familiar with recycle, at least in that industry. The plant processing this single stream waste needs paper fiber to produce the energy it sells. It burns quickly and hot. Recycle paper cost more to produce than paper made with virgin fiber so it quickly lost its luster in the US market place. That said it is a shame to burn this fiber at a time when demand for packaging and shipping board is exploding. Americans are “green” until they have to pay for it. I’d be curious what the recycle percentage is of Daily Sun stock. Newsprint lends itself to using recycle fiber, some are actually 100% recycle but difficult to produce.
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