Characteristics of wastes from electric and electronic equipment in Greece: Results of a field survey

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-388

  Karagiannidis, Avraam ^a   Perkoulidis, George ^a   Papadopoulos, Agis ^a   Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Tsatsarelis, Thomas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumption patterns; Directives; Electric and electronic waste; Field survey; Lifespan; Re use; Recycling; WEEE RoHS; Wmr 744 4

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RECYCLING; REUSABILITY; SERVICE LIFE;

CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; FIELD SURVEY; GREECE; LIFESPAN;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; RECYCLING; REUSABILITY; SERVICE LIFE;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FIELD SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONICS; GREECE; HOUSEHOLD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROCOMPUTER; MICROWAVE OVEN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRIGERATOR; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33749436558     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05054289     Document Type: Article

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