Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Figure 17 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. recycling for energy demand for plastics. The size of

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Figure 18 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. incineration with energy recovery for energy demand
for plastics. The size of the “bubble” is proportional to the number of cases coming up with a value within the same range as another.