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Recycling (Cont.):
in electronics and electric equipment industries, 425 426
employment in, 79
in food manufacturing industry, 356 357
of glass, 56 57
in health care industry, 458
in process, 9, 366, 374, 383, 392
industry overview, 53 55
level of, 291
of linen, 485
in machinery manufacturing industry, 436 437
of metal, 496
in metals industry, 417 418
in mining industry, 339
off site, 10
on site, 9
of paper, 57 58, 178 179, 186 191
in paper manufacturing industry, 381
of plastic, 58
in plastics and rubber industry, 408 409
in printing and publishing industry, 391
and resource conservation, 76 77
in retail industry, 467 468
revenue from, 11
in textile industry, 364 365
of tires, 449 450, 495 496
in transportation and warehousing industries, 448
in wood manufacturing industry, 371
Recycling and Conservation (magazine), 152
Recycling percentage, 220
Recycling systems, 58 60
Recycling Times, 176
Reduction (see Source reduction)
Regression analysis:
function of, 106
in MEPI project, 64
on waste groups, 274 293
(See also Stepwise regression methodology)
Regression procedure, 268 269
Regulation:
of agriculture sector, 327
of mineral processing, 338
of paper manufacturing industry, 382
of wood manufacturing industry, 372
Remediability, 51
Rendering industry, 359, 484 485
Reprocessed material, 410
Research (on integrated environmental model), 315 320
Research (on solid waste generation), 61 73
California waste characterization study (1999), 61 62
Florida commercial generation study (1995), 62 63
Measuring Environmental Performance of Industry project, 63 65
prediction methodology study, 65 66
solid waste estimation methods, 66 67
university sponsored programs, 67 73
Resemblance matrix, 248 249
Residential care facilities, 456
Resource (magazine), 152
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 26, 29 32, 337
Resource Conservation Challenge, 28
Resource Recovery Act (RRA), 29
Resource Recycling (magazine), 152
Resources (in minimization programs), 92 94
Restaurant case study, 486, 487
Restaurants waste group, 258