Spatial cost efficiency in waste paper handling: The case of corrugated board in Sweden

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-387

  Berglund, Christer ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collection costs; Corrugated board; Cost effectiveness; Non linear programming; Recycling; Sweden; Transport costs; Waste paper

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERBOARDS; RECYCLING;

OLD CORRUGATED BOARDS; RECOVERY EFFORTS; SPATIAL COST EFFICIENCY;

WASTE PAPER;

COST; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; LAW; PAPER; RECYCLING; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMING; PAPER BOARDS; PAPER MILLS; RECYCLING; WASTE PAPERS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 4744341927     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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