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Editorial: Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Local Issue with Global Impacts

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  • Hani A. Abu-Qdais

    (Civil Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid P.O. Box 3030, Jordan)

  • Anna I. Kurbatova

    (Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 117198 Moscow, Russia)

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On a global level, communities are generating and disposing of increasing quantities of solid waste [...]

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  • Hani A. Abu-Qdais & Anna I. Kurbatova, 2022. "Editorial: Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Local Issue with Global Impacts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-3, September.
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