Potentials for the prevention of municipal solid waste

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-259

  Salhofer, Stefan ^a   Obersteiner, Gudrun ^a   Schneider, Felicitas ^a   Lebersorger, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOLID WASTES;

ECONOMIC ASPECTS; WASTE QUANTITIES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PACKAGING WASTE; SOCIAL IMPACT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIAPERS, INFANT; FOOD PACKAGING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36649034270     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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