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December 2017

Published: January 2, 2018
Updated:
January 9, 2018January 2, 2018
by Editorial Staff

Features from the December 2017 print edition:

  • Community Spotlight: Emerald City evolves diversion with analytical assistance
  • Data Corner: Chronology of the Great China Ban
  • Intelligent additions
  • Latin American evolution
  • MRF of the Month: Boulder County Recycling Center
  • Real impacts from artificial intelligence
  • What’s left to recover?

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