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Treatment of Household Refuse

Nature volume 146, pages 83–85 (1940)Cite this article

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THE first question asked by a local authority before embarking upon expenditure in connexion with an intensified salvage campaign is: How much salvage should we extract from our refuse? This is followed by the query as to the value of the expected salvage, and then: What is the position of the markets for the materials so extracted?

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CARMICHAEL, W. Treatment of Household Refuse. Nature 146, 83–85 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146083a0

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