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Environmental Protection
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Solid Waste
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(5305W)
EPA530-K-98-002
September 1998
www.epa.gov/os1

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                                                                     carpet;, a«4 tire; are example; of
                                                                     -------  prori|v/ctf. Tkey ca* la;t a
                                                                     LO*CJ  tJ/^e before you 4i;po;e  of tkem.
                                                                 7.  To  u;e ;ometki«<3 a^ai* for tke ;ame
                                                                     purpo;e  or a «e^ purpo;e.
                                                                 ?.  A fixture of rilecayedl foo4 ;crap;,
                                                                     Leaver, a*4 cjra;;.  Ca« be  v/fe4 i«
                                                                     yov/r cjaMe« a; fertilizer.

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                                                                     fv/rwit^re, art  ;^ppLie;, a«4 book; to
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                                                                     varietie;. Are  ^e^  i^ coMLe;; pKo^e;,
                                                                     portable ra^lio;, camera;, a*4
1.  If you  bv/y o«e Larcje ba^ of potato chp; i«;tea4 of five ;/^aLL ba^;, you are bv/yiwcj i« ---- . Ma«y
    ;v/per/">arket;  Kave ---- foool ;ectio«;  ^kere  you ca« ;coop out  tke a/^ouwt  you ^a«t  a«4 therefore
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    a«4 people.

4.   Ma«y ite/^;  fou«d| i« your -----  ca«  be recycle^ i«to valuable «e^o product;.

5.   Fo;;il fuel;, ;ucK a; coal, oil, a«4 natural  ^a;, ^oKicK are u;e4 to manufacture product; a*4  Keat our
    Korne;, Come from tke ----- . Aluminum,  iro« ore, a«4  otKer mineral;  u;e4  to make bra«4  «e^  product;
    come  from tKe ;ame place.

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°i.   To  o|ecrea;e  tKe amount of  tra;K  you tKro^  a^ay.
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                                              cUe;  provided   Mat ite/^; do  you recycle
                                              at J-io/^e?  If you do*V recycle tl^e/^,
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                                        piece; of f^r^i^re ca« be ^ive^  to ;of>eo«e  el;e if
      you are tKro^cjK ^oitK tkef>, yo^ ca« tear
     iMCj, v,;e  tKe^> for play, or eve* ^ake a «jyil
                                                                                       for
         pla;tic  or paper, yo^ ca«
     tKey ca« ofte« be recyclecil
                                                                  a^ai« u«til tKey fall apart.

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                                     to Deduce, Ke^re, a*d recycle.

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