Solid waste collection and recycling in Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia: A case study

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 565-570

  Isa, M Hasnain ^a   Asaari, Faridah A H ^a   Ramli, N Azam ^a   Ahmad, Shamshad ^a   Siew, Tan S ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b Enersave Engineering Systems   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Collection; Likert scale; Municipal solid waste; Recycling; Severity index; Survey; wmr 763

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LIKERT SCALE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEVERITY INDEX; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; FUNDING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MANPOWER; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PENANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33749431975     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05059803     Document Type: Article

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