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- Waste and recycling [online], Sustainability Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Potentially hazardous wastes often disposed of inappropriately (media release) [online], Australian Bureau of Statistics, November 2004. More information here.
- National waste report 2010 [online], Australian Government. More information here.
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