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Browning-Ferris Industries  

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  • Before its acquisition by Allied Waste, Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) was the second-largest waste disposal company (second to Waste Management, Inc.), offering a full range of waste, recycling, and sanitation services. At one time, BFI operated in nearly 800 locations in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, New Zealand, and North America with BFI's North American operations including 104 solid waste landfill sites, 32 medical-waste treatment facilities, and 125 recycling facilities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Browning-Ferris Industries]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LZ0HKHV0-F

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