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Bad Company
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10 Sep 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Bad Company Commercial recycling is hit or miss in the U.S. -- in some cases, for example, companies assume that recycling is occurring, but their cleaning companies are actually mixing recycling with garbage and throwing everything out as trash. From 35 to 45 percent of waste produced in the U.S. in 1999 was commercial, according to the U.S. EPA. Unlike in Europe, however, t ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, pollution and waste, recycling, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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