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ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 163-173Publisher
I I E D-INT INST ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT
DOI: 10.1177/095624780001200213
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This paper demonstrates the great potential for recycling and for reducing wash volumes based on a study of household waste in a neighbourhood in Mexicali. The research recorded the weight of waste generated and analyzed ifs composition, drawing on 1,292 samples from 120 households. Most of the waste was recyclable or potentially recyclable and a recycling programme would bring benefits not only by reducing waste volumes and pollution but also by greatly lengthening the life of the existing city dump. The paper also considers which other neighbourhoods in Mexicali are likely to have comparable waste patterns and discusses the measures needed to develop a recycling programme.
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