Practices, attitudes and motives for domestic waste recycling

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-238

  Aini, M S ^a   Fakhruਧl Razi, A ^b   Lad, S M ^a   Hashim, A H ^a  

^a Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies ^*  (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Domestic recycling; Motivational factors; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0036746961     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500209470119     Document Type: Article

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