Consuming materials: The American way

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-122

  Wernick, Iddo K ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION TRENDS; MATERIALS CONSUMPTION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMISATION;

USA;

EID: 0030428657     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1625(96)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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