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2238:incineration
2017:Urban mining
1895:Incineration
1875:Durable good
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2032:Waste trade
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1708:Brown waste
1685:Major types
1321:"Recycling"
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3016:Composting
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2711:Collection
2701:Blue boxes
2603:Appliances
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2199:Agreements
2130:Kazakhstan
2085:Bangladesh
1870:Composting
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1567:2011-04-24
1547:2007-02-28
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1425:2016-01-18
1405:2017-04-06
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1353:2024-09-27
1269:2023-09-05
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819:molybdenum
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381:Processing
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2954:Green Dot
2742:Australia
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