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Building a Market for Recyclables
Forward thinking communities realize that it is cheaper to recycle garbage than to truck it to landfills. Paper, glass and metals once discarded now supply raw materials to new industries, creating jobs and revenues.
Published in
World Watch Magazine
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May/June 1988, Volume 1, No. 3
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