CHAPTER 2
Where Did Public Recycling Come From, and Where Is It Going?
Christine “Christie” Todd Whitman
President, The Whitman Strategy Group; FormerGovernor of New Jersey; Former Administrator,Environmental Protection Agency
TAKING A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC WASTE MANagement systems can provide some context for what is missing from them today and how we might improve them. Before any formal collection and recycling programs, it was intuitive that old and discarded materials would be reused. Materials were perceived as having great value, and new—or virgin—materials were not only costly but difficult to extract and refine. Just imagine having to harvest more copper from a mine when you could just melt down scraps from old or broken copper ...
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