NREL Research Quantifies Losses from Cardboard, Paper Waste

Latest in Series of Journal Articles on Landfilled Materials Quantifies Problem, Details Opportunities Piles of cardboard and paper littering America’s landfills represent $4 billion in lost economic value, according to a new analysis by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). “That value is lost by landfilling,” said Anelia Milbrandt, a senior research analyst in NREL’s Strategic Energy Analysis Center and lead author of a new research paper, “ Paper and cardboard waste in the United States: geographic, market, and energy assessment .” The article, which appears in the journal…