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Websites

www.kk.dk/byggeaffald. The City of Copenhagen website on construction waste.
www.mst.dk. The website of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. For specific references, see the list of references under the Danish EPA (n.d.).
www.pcb-guiden.dk. The PCB guide is part of the government's action plan for remediating building-related PCBs, offering advice via a hotline to citizens, local authorities, and enterprises on managing PCBs. The guide has been prepared by six authorities with responsibility in this area.
www.ruteretur.no. Norwegian website offering guidance on insulating glazing units and PCBs.
www.sanerapcb.nu. A Swedish website offering guidance on PCBs and construction.
www.sparc.chem.uga.edu/sparc. (2011). Sparc on-line calculator (version 4.6). Computer program used for estimating physical-chemical properties of several organic molecules based on molecular structure. To learn more, visit http://archemcalc.com/sparc.html.