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Environment
Better individual decisions about recycling can have a greater impact
March 31st, 2003
Three Dartmouth College researchers say that while recycling of some materials does contribute to overall environmental improvement, other personal decisions, such as what kind of car you drive, have a much greater environmental impact. Andrew J. Friedland, professor and chair of environmental studies, and his colleagues Tillman U. Gerngross, associate professor at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, and Richard B. Howarth, associate professor of environmental studies, conducted the research, which appears in the April 2003 issue of the journal Environmental Science & Policy. They examined two individual activities - recycling and use of automobiles - and...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2003-03-31)
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