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The recycling industry and subsistence waste collectors: A case study of Mitchell’s plain

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  1. the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

    Belinda Langenhoven (postgraduate student) & Michael Dyssel (Lecturer)

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Langenhoven, B., Dyssel, M. The recycling industry and subsistence waste collectors: A case study of Mitchell’s plain. Urban Forum 18, 114–132 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02681233

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