Metals recycling: Economic and environmental implications

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-173

  Ayres, Robert U ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Environment; Gangue; Metals; Mining; Overburden; Pollution; Re manufacturing; Re use; Recycling; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

METALS RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; METALS; MINING; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; SMELTING; TAXATION;

RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; TIN; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ECONOMIC IMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATION; METAL WASTE; NATIONAL ECONOMY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METAL INDUSTRY; MINING; RECYCLING; TAX; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031278918     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(97)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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