An econometric analysis of regional differences in household waste collection: The case of plastic packaging waste in Sweden

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1720-1731

  Hage, Olle ^a   Söderholm, Patrik ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; PLASTICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COLLECTION RATE; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH COST REGIONS; HOUSEHOLD WASTES; LOCAL POLICIES; PLASTIC PACKAGING; POPULATION DENSITIES; RECYCLING INDUSTRY; REGRESSION (R2); SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

PLASTIC;

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IMMIGRANT; PACKAGING WASTE; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; IMMIGRANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PLASTICS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 48049091382     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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