What we buy, what we throw away and how we use our voice. Sustainable household waste management in the UK

Sustainable Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-44

  Barr, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542376680     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.226     Document Type: Article

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