Household food waste to wastewater or to solid waste? That is the question

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-514

  Diggelman, Carol ^a   Ham, Robert K ^b  

^a MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Food waste disposer; Landfill; Life cycle inventory; Municipal solid waste; Municipal wastewater system; On site system; Waste to energy; Wmr 490 8

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND FILL; SOLID WASTES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR EMISSIONS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOOD; KITCHEN; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; RURAL AREA; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0742306351     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100603     Document Type: Article

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