UK: Study finds separate collections not better for environment

In an article researchers at the University of Surrey, UK, argue for a different approach to recycling. They refer to a study in Surrey performed by the Surrey Waste Partnership (SWP).
SWP considered 3 scenarios: the current system, optimised commingled and optimised source-segregated. They found that in most instances, the impact of total recycled material for commingled collections had a greater positive effect on the environment, as opposed to its source-segregated counterpart. Fundamentally, recycling on this scale must be treated as a system and the optimum performance of the system may mean that individual parts do not achieve their full potential (News Item IOM3, 1 March 2015).
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