LATEST NEWS
March 2nd, 2010 -
BRRFOC and TROC Adopt Fiscal 2010-2011 Budget. BRRFOC Tipping Fees Reduced to Lowest Level in Six Years; TROC Recycling Fees Drop 10.4%; Return to (...)
[ read more ] January 25th, 2010 -
BRRFOC Elects New Officers for 2010. The Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee (BRRFOC ) Elects New Officers for 2010.
President: Plainville (...)
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LATEST LEGISLATION
March 8th, 2010 -
Testimony of the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility & Tunxis Recycling Operating Committees to the Legislative Program & Review Investigations Committee March 8, 2010. Testimony of the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee & the Tunxis Recycling Operating Committee (...)
[ read more ] March 8th, 2010 -
Testimony of the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee And the Tunxis Recycling Operating Committee to the Environment Committee March 8, 2010. An Act Concerning Recycling, Certain Solid Waste Management Reforms and Requirements for Solid Waste and (...)
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Newspaper
By far the most abundant material among TROC's curbside mix, the member communities deliver about 9,000 tons per year of recycled newspaper and inserts mixed with magazines, which are recovered and used to make new newsprint, but also can be feedstock for building insulation and low-grade papers such as kraft paper and paperboard.
According to the U.S. EPA, 89% of newspapers generated in 2005 were recovered for recycling. Newspaper is made from mechanical wood pulp as well as pulp made from recycled newsprint. This lightweight paper has bright and opaque features which make this paper grade suitable for good print contrast desired for newspapers.
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