Strategies for the municipal solid waste sector to assist Canada in meeting its Kyoto Protocol commitments

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-95

  Mohareb, Adrian K ^a   Warith, Mostafa ^b   Narbaitz, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Climate change; Kyoto Protocol; Landfill gas capture; Municipal solid waste; Recycling; Source reduction

Indexed keywords

KYOTO PROTOCOL; LANDFILL GAS CAPTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW); SOURCE REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSES; LAND FILL; METHANE; RECYCLING; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SOLID WASTES;

EID: 4444251680     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A04-006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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