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A. Paper: <br /> Paper constitutes over 25% of the jurisdiction's <br /> total waste stream by weight. Paper is made from a <br /> renewable resource, but recycling paper is important <br /> since it requires more renewable and non-renewable <br /> resources to make paper from virgin materials than from <br /> recycled paper. Three types of paper will be targeted <br /> for increased recycling: corrugated paper, newsprint and <br /> high grade paper. <br /> Corrugated paper makes up more than 11% of the <br /> commercial waste stream and over 28% of the industrial <br /> waste stream by weight. It can be recovered through <br /> source separation or through manual separation at waste <br /> disposal facilities, and there is a market for the <br /> material. In the first half of 1990, prices paid to <br /> California dealers ranged from $42 . 50 to $65. 00 per ton. <br /> However, paper markets are cyclical in nature, and vary <br /> considerably from month to month. <br /> Newsprint makes up almost 9% of the residential <br /> waste stream, and it should be possible to recycle a <br /> portion of that material despite the cyclical nature of <br /> the market. There are two major drawbacks to increased <br /> recycling of newsprint. It requires source separation, <br /> and the market is currently soft. Prices paid to <br /> California dealers in the first half of 1990 were as low <br /> as $25. 00 per ton with a high of $42 .50 per ton. Clean, <br /> baled material will bring more than material which is in <br /> bags or bundles or which is contaminated with magazines, <br /> other paper grades, or other waste material. As planned <br /> de-inking plants come on line in the next two or three <br /> years, the demand for newsprint and magazines should <br /> increase considerably. <br /> High grade paper, including card stock, computer <br /> Chapter 4 - Recycling 3 <br />