Junk-buyers as the linkage between waste sources and redemption depots in urban China: The case of Wuhan

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 319-335

  Li, Shichao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting territory; Junk buyer; Recycling; Redemption depot; Waste source

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; RECLAMATION; REFUSE COLLECTION;

JUNK-BUYERS;

RECYCLING;

RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0036876548     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(02)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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