Advancing Extended Producer Responsibility in Canada

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 14, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 616-628

  McKerlie, Kate ^a   Knight, Nancy ^b   Thorpe, Beverley ^c  

^a Greater Vancouver Regional District ^*  (Canada)

^b Demand side Management   (Canada)

^c Clean Production Action   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extended Producer Responsibility; Materials management; Pollution prevention; Product stewardship; Sustainable development; Waste management

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS HANDLING; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION PREVENTION; PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 31944441208     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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