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Yeung, SK., Chow, CF. (2020). Applied Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study with Plastic Resource Education. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95870-5_84
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