New companies often send hazardous waste out of their plants because they have not yet invested in on-site treatment equipment, which allows them to recycle some waste.

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"Whilst Waste Watch believes encouraging people to recycle is a good thing, there is also evidence that suggests self-rewarding people for good behaviours may encourage people only to act in the future if rewarded, rather than acting because they care or value society and the environment, " he said.

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EU-funded seminars constitute a third form of bad welfare and a waste of talent because in most cases they recycle and disseminate public information and knowledge providing income for both, those who give them and those who take them-often the right political clientele-rather than a vehicle for defusing and disseminating genuine knowledge.

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