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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:09:06 -0400 (EDT) From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman) Subject: Re: Energy use comparison of recycled glass and landfill (Nia Pemberton)
April 22, 1999
Dear Nia Pemberton,
Never mind that this is an illigitimate comparison and that what you need to compare is the cost of landfilling plus manufacturing new glass,
the base energy case of landfilling requires 530K btus and the recycling of glass requires 750K btus.
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