Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Figure 4 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. recycling for climate change for paper. 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 5 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. incineration for climate change for paper. The size of

the “bubble” is proportional to the number of cases coming up with a value within the same range as another.