Three recent news items have me thinking about the connection between waste, oil prices and materials.
Oil prices just surpassed the psychological barrier of $100 per barrel on January 31st for the first time since 2008. Imad al-Atiqi, a member of the OPEC member’s highest oil policy body in a Reuters interview, Feb. 7 said,
“I expect oil prices to reach $110 during the first half of 2011, however, it could go above...




