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and the associated sharp decline in automobile production in the US explains the over-100% calculation). A typical appliance is about 75% steel by weight and automobiles are about 65% steel and iron.
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1800:Incineration
1780:Durable good
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2890:Wishcycling
2840:Repurposing
2740:Downcycling
2692:Switzerland
2528:PET bottles
2476:Cooking oil
2461:Refrigerant
2247:Downcycling
2194:Occupations
2163:waste water
2060:Switzerland
2050:South Korea
2040:New Zealand
1965:Afghanistan
1937:Waste trade
1897:Repurposing
1735:Toxic waste
1715:Scrap metal
1650:Green waste
1613:Brown waste
1590:Major types
1251:"Recycling"
984:Metal swarf
905: 1973
789:Downcycling
687:Description
604:non-ferrous
383:metal theft
297:white goods
3073:Categories
3034:by product
3024:by country
2941:Freeganism
2921:Composting
2895:Zero waste
2795:Precycling
2616:Collection
2606:Blue boxes
2508:Appliances
2302:Zero waste
2104:Agreements
2035:Kazakhstan
1990:Bangladesh
1775:Composting
1660:Heat waste
1645:Food waste
1638:by country
1472:2011-04-24
1452:2007-02-28
1375:2009-07-13
1355:2009-07-18
1330:2016-01-18
1310:2017-04-06
1289:2010-02-20
1199:2023-09-05
1020:References
793:metric ton
749:molybdenum
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311:Processing
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2859:Green Dot
2647:Australia
2635:Countries
2601:Blue bags
2589:Apparatus
2535:Computers
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2403:Materials
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2055:Sri Lanka
2015:Hong Kong
1980:Australia
1957:Countries
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393:Resources
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