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Scavenging Solutions

TitleScavenging Solutions
AuthorTerry March - CIWM President
Publication Date10/07/2010
CategoryRecycling
TypeCIWM magazine
Teaser TextS cavenging is as old as mankind. It is the earliest form of resource recovery with materials generally going for re-use – the deceased sabre tooth tiger’s jaw bone having a new lease of life as a weapon. Scavenging still goes on throughout the world. Estimates of the numbers involved vary widely but a figure of 10m people participating in the practise would seem to be a reasonable figure. There is, of course, world wide concern about the wellbeing of the scavengers, who often work in extremely health-threatening conditions

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