Economic analysis of electronic waste recycling: Modeling the cost and revenue of a materials recovery facility in California

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1672-1680

  Kang, Hai Yong ^a   Schoenung, Julie M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOLID WASTES; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; MATERIALS RECOVERY; TECHNICAL COST MODELING;

RECYCLING;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC;

CATHODE RAY TUBES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARKETING; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MODEL; MONEY; RECYCLING; TECHNICAL COST MODELING; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644854372     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0503783     Document Type: Article

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