Mercury in waste in the European Union: Sources, disposal methods and risks

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-182

  Mukherjee, Arun B ^a   Zevenhoven, Ron ^b   Brodersen, Jens ^c   Hylander, Lars D ^d   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c European Topic Centre on Resource and Waste Management   (Denmark)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

European Union; Hazardous waste; Mercury; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTES; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES;

MERCURY (METAL);

ALKALI; AMALGAM; CHLORINE; COAL; MERCURY;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRIA; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; LANDFILL; LAW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOIL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; THERMOMETER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3242742127     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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