Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Climate change

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Figure 34 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. composting for climate change for food and garden
waste. The size of the “bubble” is proportional to the number of cases coming up with a value within the same range as another.

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Figure 35 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. incineration for climate change for food and garden
waste. The size of the “bubble” is proportional to the number of cases coming up with a value within the same range as another.