The effects of unit pricing system upon household solid waste management: The Korean experience

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Hong, Seonghoon ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Recycling; Simultaneous equation model; Solid waste management; Unit pricing system

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FEEDBACK EFFECTS; HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE; PRICING SYSTEMS; RECYCLING; RECYCLING PROGRAMS; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION MODELING; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNIT PRICING; UNIT PRICING SYSTEM;

COSTS;

PRICE DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; KOREA; MODEL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0032858170     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1999.0286     Document Type: Article

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