Defining product stewardship and sustainability in the Australian packaging industry

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-55

  Lewis, Helen ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; Packaging; Product stewardship; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 10944229069     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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