Assessing extended producer responsibility laws in Japan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4502-4508

  Ogushi, Yasuhiko ^a   Kandlikar, Milind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; LAW; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; JAPAN; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34447272654     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072561x     Document Type: Review

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