Household participation in waste recycling: Some national survey evidence from Scotland

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-140

  Collins, Alan ^a   O'Doherty, Richard ^b   Snell, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31344446440     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560500373253     Document Type: Article

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