Legislation in Costa Rica mandating recycling in government organizations has required the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) to recycle paper. ICE was interested in constructing a recycling plant to produce a paper product for sale on the market. We determined the financial feasibility of this project using four separate cost-benefit analyses. Several situations were considered to determine the quantity of paper waste required for this project to become profitable. Ultimately, we recommended that ICE does not construct a recycling plant at this time. Additionally, ICE should maintain its agreement with Kimberly-Clark while increasing paper collection rates and searching for smaller-scale recycling equipment.

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Creator

• Ng, Austin Lee
• Kreek, Emily Katheryn
• Alea, Joseph Manuel

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121008-153654

Keyword

• Recycling (Waste, etc.)
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Robertson, Thomas B.
• Vernon-Gerstenfeld, Susan

Year

• 2008

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
• Gestión Documentación e Información (GEDI)

Date created

• 2008-12-10

Location

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright