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Materials recycling and industrial ecology

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New legislation has been passed in an attempt to minimize industrial waste and promote recycling. What does this mean for materials science?

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Figure 1: The anticipated quantity of leaded waste from cathode-ray tubes that would be introduced into the market if the tubes are banned in the United States.
Figure 2: The Khian sea barge docked in Florida (June, 2002).

Image courtesy of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (www.dep.state.pa.us)

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  2. Management Science Area, Schulich School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3, Ontario, Canada

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