Studying the applicability of variable rate pricing in solid waste management in Greece

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-204

  Karagiannidis, Avraam ^a   Xirogiannopoulou, Anna ^a   Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Laboratory of Environmental Engineering and Planning   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pay As You Throw; Unit pricing; Variable rate pricing; Waste billing systems; Waste charges; Waste charges calculation; Waste charging schemes; Waste pricing systems

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FEES AND CHARGES; SOLID WASTES;

BILLING SYSTEMS; GREECE; VARIABLES; WASTE CHARGING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREECE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18844460381     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2005.006860     Document Type: Article

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