Policy challenges to implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-79

  Quinn, Lisa ^a   Sinclair, A John ^b  

^a CITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 33646424743     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2006.tb02018.x     Document Type: Review

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