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Published online 29 October 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021028-1
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New York's trash holds steady
Big Apple residents throw out less than their grandparents.
New Yorkers throw out about the same amount of trash as they did 100 years ago, a survey has shown. But the ingredients of garbage have changed radically, with a shift to organic waste that releases greenhouse gases.
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