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Recycling: Additional Efforts Could Increase Municipal Recycling

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Although recycling can generate environmental and economic benefits, the national recycling rate has increased only slightly since 2000, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While local governments have the primary role in operating recycling programs, EPA and the Department of Commerce (Commerce) have some legal responsibilities for encouraging recycling. GAO was asked to (1) identif… more
Date: December 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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