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Cost Comparisons of Alternative Methods for Processing Recycled Waste Newspapers into Farm-Animal Bedding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

James G. Beierlein ,
William C. McSweeny  and
Barbara A. Woodruff
James G. Beierlein
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
William C. McSweeny
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
Barbara A. Woodruff
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
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Abstract

The United States is facing a seemingly overwhelming problem of how to dispose of its solid waste. For disposal solutions to be viable, they must be environmentally sound and economically viable. Processing waste newspapers for farm-animal bedding offers a successful partial solution that meets both criteria. Centralized newspaper chopping is found to cost less than on-farm chopping. Both chopped and unchopped waste newspapers can be economically transported considerable distances. The use of waste newspapers for animal bedding is economically attractive at the farm level and can provide a partial solution to the solid-waste disposal problem.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , October 1991 , pp. 208 - 213
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Copyright © 1991 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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