Industrial hazardous wastes in Finland - trends related to the waste prevention goal

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-349

  Lilja, Raimo ^a   Liukkonen, Sari ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Ecolabel Partnership   (Finland)

Author keywords

De coupling; Hazardous waste; Metal industry; Minimization; National Waste Plan for Finland; Prevention; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; METAL REFINERIES; POLLUTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; DE-COUPLING; HAZARDOUS WASTE (HW); INFORMATION DATABASE;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

EID: 35548973494     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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