Quantifying the transport impacts of domestic waste collection strategies

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2271-2278

  McLeod, Fraser ^a   Cherrett, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; DRYING; SOLID WASTES; URBAN PLANNING; VEHICLES;

DOMESTIC WASTES; JOINT WORKING; PAPER MODELS; RECYCLABLES; RESIDUAL WASTES; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES; WASTE STREAMS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUTOMOBILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; GARBAGE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50249134379     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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