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    Jess W. Everett

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    Nickolas J. Themelis

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Everett, J.W. (2018). Waste Collection and Transport. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_124-3

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