A strategy for the development of landfill gas technology in India

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-266

  Shekdar, A V ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Landfill gas; Renewable energy; U.K.; Utilization

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPOSITION; LAND FILL; REGIONAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LANDFILL GAS (LFG) TECHNOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES;

WASTE UTILIZATION;

BIOGAS; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOGAS ENERGY; BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL GAS TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY RESOURCE; INDIA; LANDFILL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0031170873     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0082     Document Type: Article

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