Factors that affect the quality of the bio-waste fraction of selectively collected solid waste in Catalonia

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-366

  Alvarez, M D ^a   Sans, R ^a   Garrido, N ^a   Torres, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; SOLID WASTES;

SOLID HOUSEHOLD WASTE; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEMOGRAPHY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 36549036696     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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