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Other items that are recycled• Textiles (17%): strengthen recycled paper products• Old tires (35%): incorporated into highway asphalt• Over 1 million tires/year are burned in combustionplants• People recycle out of environmental and economicmotivations• The Global Recycling Network is an informationexchange promoting recycling and ecofriendlyproducts© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Page 10 and 11: Problems of landfills: leachate and
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Page 14 and 15: Features of a modern landfill© 201
Page 16: Advantages of combustion• 89 U.S.
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Page 21 and 22: Costs of municipal solid-wastedispo
Page 23 and 24: Examples• Reducing the weight of
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Page 37 and 38: An introduction to hazardouschemica
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Page 41 and 42: Toxicology and chemical hazards•
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Page 55 and 56: Secure landfills• Secure landfill
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