The Semantics of Garbage and the organization of the recyclers: Implementation challenges for establishing recycling cooperatives in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.04.005
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Waste management; Recycling; Recycler; Garbage; Cooperative; Public policy; Semantics;All these keywords.
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