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

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  • Paper and landfills have an important relationship that is historical, social, and material. Industrial methods of paper manufacture and landfill disposal together displaced the rag and bone men and other urban recyclers of the 19th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Paper and Landfills]

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