Consumer textile recycling as a means of solid waste reduction

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-17

  Koch, Kathryn ^a   Domina, Tanya ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002036192     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X99281001     Document Type: Article

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