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| 2002 || {{w|Textile recycling}} || || {{w|Carpet America Recovery Effort}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) |url=https://www.recyclingproductnews.com/company/5490/carpet-america-recovery-effort-care |website=recyclingproductnews.com |accessdate=14 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CARE 2012 Annual Report |url=https://carpetrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Carpet-America-Recovery-Effort-2012-Annual-Report.pdf |website=carpetrecovery.org |accessdate=14 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2002 || || Policy || "But in 2002, {{w|New York City}}, an early municipal recycling pioneer, found that its much-lauded recycling program was losing money, so it eliminated eliminates glass and plastic recycling. According to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after finding that the benefits of recycling plastic and glass were are outweighed by the price—recycling cost twice as much as disposal. Meanwhile, low demand for the materials meant that much of it was ending up in landfills anyway, despite best intentions."<ref name="The Pros and Cons of Recycling"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2003 || Electronics || Policy || The {{w|Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive}} (WEEE) is passed into {{w|European Law}}. It sets collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical goods. ||
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