Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Figure 6 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. recycling for depletion of aboitic resources 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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Recycling Landfill

Figure 7 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. incineration for depletion of aboitic resources 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.