Zero landfill, zero waste: The greening of industry in Singapore

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-351

  Lang, Josephine Chinying ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Environmental technology; Pollution prevention; Recycling; Solid waste management' pollution control; Waste disposal; Waste minimisation; Zero landfill; Zero waste

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GREEN MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAND FILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENING OF INDUSTRIES; POLLUTION PREVENTION; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; RECYCLING INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC COLLABORATION; WASTE MINIMISATION; ZERO WASTE;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 27344447295     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2005.007744     Document Type: Review

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