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Materials and the Global Environment: Waste Mining in the 21st Century

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Ayres, R.U., Holmberg, J. & Andersson, B. Materials and the Global Environment: Waste Mining in the 21st Century. MRS Bulletin 26, 477–480 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2001.119

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