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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Apr 7, 2011
Pw 2247 Sean Sabre

Sean Sabre
Manager, Global
Supply Chain Innovation
ModusLink Global Solutions
Supply Chain Management

The quandary of quantifying waste stream diversion

Sabre asks food-for-thought questions regarding calculating emissions from landfills, waste-to-energy facilities, incinerators, and recyclers, saying, “Do you think that waste stream diversion can be quantified…accurately?”
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