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Prevention and Reuse: Waste Hierarchy Steps Before Waste Collection

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The way how policy instruments and actions can impose measures before products became waste depends on policies based on the waste prevention, reduction, and reuse. A brief review on the concepts in the light of the waste hierarchy principle is discussed, considering the view of European countries and when possible from other countries in the world.

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    Ana Pires, Graça Martinho, Susana Rodrigues & Maria Isabel Gomes

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Pires, A., Martinho, G., Rodrigues, S., Gomes, M.I. (2019). Prevention and Reuse: Waste Hierarchy Steps Before Waste Collection. In: Sustainable Solid Waste Collection and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93200-2_2

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