(10)5. A large corporation generates the following amounts of recyclable materials: Aluminum cans 245 ton/yr Corrugated cardboard 3,230 ton/yr Glass 209 ton/yr PET plastic 1,466 ton/yr Newspaper 887 ton/yr If they currently pay $125 per ton for pick up and disposal of their trash, including these recyclable materials, how much would they save if they could sell these recyclables to a scrap dealer who would pick them up and pay them half the Table 9.18 market price for recyclables? Economics of Recycling Rascle Revenue 38 TABLE 9.18 An Example Estimate of Recovered Materials from MSW and Revenues Derived from Their Sale Recycle Recycle Kecyde Mass Price Rome Material Itons) (S/ton) (Si Corrugated cardboard 045 40:50 Aluminum cans 0.03 800 24.00 Newspaper 0.22 65 14.30 Sott mixed paper 0.09 75 6.75 HDPE 0.01 600 6.00 Sted cans 0.05 90 4.50 Magazines 0.04 95 3.50 PET 0.01 500 5.00 Glass 0.10 25 22:50 TOTAL 1 Ton S10735 13 5 2 100