Economic and Environmental Evaluations of Waste Treatment and Disposal Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste

Applied Energy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-255

  Daskalopoulos, E ^a   Badr, O ^a   Probert, S D ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

WASTE UTILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031393951     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(97)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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