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2003

Clark County (Nev.)

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An Analysis Of Apartment Complex Recycling In Clark County, Nevada, Noriko Eguchi May 2003

An Analysis Of Apartment Complex Recycling In Clark County, Nevada, Noriko Eguchi

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The purpose of this study is to analyze recycling opportunities for people living in apartments and recommend solutions to improve apartment complex recycling programs in Clark County, Nevada. There are two hypotheses for this problem. First, there is not enough space to put recycling containers in some apartment complex dumpster enclosures. Second, there are several obstacles to providing recycling for complex managers. There are two methods involved in testing these hypotheses. Unincorporated Clark County was selected for the study area. The size of dumpster enclosures was measured in 73 apartment complexes out of 240 complexes which do not recycle in …