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but should be recycled since it requires considerable <br /> resources to grow, harvest, and process virgin wood. <br /> Wood from the strong construction activity in the <br /> county, scrap wood from home improvement projects, <br /> commercial and industrial wood wastes, pallets, and woody <br /> yard trimmings made up the 15,708 tons of wood which were <br /> landfilled in 1990. Wood could be diverted from <br /> commercial, industrial and self-haul waste streams at <br /> disposal facilities. <br /> Wood chips can be readily marketed in northern <br /> California, but the material is used as a boiler fuel for <br /> industrial purposes or for co-generation plants and thus <br /> cannot be counted toward the 1995 waste •reduction goals <br /> for this plan in the short term. However, such <br /> diversions may count toward the goals for the year 2000. <br /> Using wood as fuel conserves virgin fuels and reduces the <br /> waste quantities going to landfills. Wood diversion is <br /> also a response to public concern over landfilling a <br /> valuable resource. New lumber can often be used for <br /> pressed board, and most varieties of woody brush can be <br /> used for mulch or in composting, but most of the wood <br /> diverted at the landfills does not meet either of those <br /> criteria and has no market except as a fuel at this time. <br /> D. Plastics: <br /> Less than 2% of the plastics in the County waste <br /> stream are currently being recycled. Plastics are made <br /> from a non-renewable resource and therefore should be <br /> recycled rather than landfilled. Fewer resources are <br /> required to recycle plastic than to produce virgin <br /> plastic. <br /> Currently, the plastics being recycled in this area <br /> are PET containers, HDPE bottles at some locations, and <br /> Chapter 4 - Recycling 5 <br />