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recycling of municipal solid waste  

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  • The term recycling has become commonplace in the lexicon of environmentalists since the so-called environmental crisis of the 1960s and early 1970s. Indeed, recycling is commonly associated with a process whereby materials are remade into the same or different products. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/recycling_of_municipal_solid_waste

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