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The waste hierarchy refers to the 3 (or 4) R’s of reduce, reuse, recycle, (recovery) which classify waste management strategies according to their desirability. The R’s are meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance. However in Europe the waste hierarchy has 5 steps: reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery, and disposal.
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