Emergy evaluation of composting municipal solid waste

Waste Management and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 243-252

  Bastianoni, S ^a   Porcelli, M ^b   Pulselli, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Onlus (Assoc Ric/Consulenza A)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZERS; INVESTMENTS; LAND FILL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EMERGY INVESTMENTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; SIENA, ITALY; VEGETABLE REFUSES;

COMPOSTING;

EID: 2942648693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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