Analysis of European Union environmental directives and producer responsibility requirements

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-398

  Kumar, Sameer ^a   Fullenkamp, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ELV; EU directive; producer responsibility; product life cycle; recycling; reverse logistics; services; standards; WEEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644751895     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2005.005806     Document Type: Article

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