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Acknowledgments

The book chapter is based on a research project fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Project Reference No.: UGC/FDS24/H02/15).

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  1. School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, China

    Calvin Wan & Stella Choi

  2. Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, China

    Geoffrey Qiping Shen

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Wan, C., Shen, G.Q., Choi, S. (2019). Waste Management Strategies for Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_194

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