Using plastic bag waste to assess the reliability of self-reported waste disposal data

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2574-2584

  Chung, Shan shan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AGGLOMERATION; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PLASTICS; SURVEYS;

ACCURATE; CONSISTENT; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; FIELD ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; LARGE-SCALE; MATERIAL FLOWS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PLASTIC BAGS; QUALITY OF INFORMATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; STANDARD METHODS; WASTE ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPOSITIONS; WASTE MATERIALS; WASTE STREAMS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

PLASTIC;

PLASTIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; HONG KONG; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PLASTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54149106501     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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