Curbside recycling: Waste resource or waste of resources?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 855-874

  Aadland, David ^a   Caplan, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749408736     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20211     Document Type: Review

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