Composting Municipal Solid Waste: The Indian scenario

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 326-350

  Mazumdar, N B ^a,b  

^a Infrastruct Leasing/Fin Serv Ltd   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Co marketing; Co warehousing; Composting; IRR; Marketing; MSW; Municipal solid waste; Resource recovery; Saving landfill space; Soil amendment; Techno economic viability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSTING; MARKETING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CO-WAREHOUSING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; SOIL AMENDMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC VIABILITY;

SOLID WASTES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSTING; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35948942023     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2007.015150     Document Type: Review

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