Border scavenging: A case study of aluminum recycling in Laredo, TX and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 107-126

  Medina, Martin ^a  

^a COLEF ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Informal sector; Laredo; Nuevo Laredo; Recycling; Scavenging; United States Mexico Border

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING;

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; SCAVENGER;

ALUMINUM; BORDER REGION; INFORMAL SECTOR; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO; RECYCLING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAREDO; MEXICO; NUEVO LAREDO; TAMAULIPAS STATE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0032147460     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(98)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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