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... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > municipal/local waste > junkyard
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junkyard  

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  • The junkyard is an iconic symbol of waste in industrial life, and it is one of the more complex spaces devoted to post-consumer materials. Instead of simply being an end-stage sink for materials like a landfill, it offers the potential for returning materials to production through recycling. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Junkyard]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LZK4M85F-5

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