Establishing an integrated databank for plastic manufacturers and converters in Kuwait

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Al Salem, S M ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACETAL RESINS; ACIDS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; STYRENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

ARABIAN GULFS; DATA GATHERINGS; PLASTIC MANUFACTURERS; PLASTIC SOLIDS; PLASTIC WASTES; POLYACETALS; US DOLLARS; WASTE LOADS;

PLASTICS;

ACETIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE;

DATABASE; LANDFILL; PLASTIC WASTE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KUWAIT; MARKET; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; KUWAIT; PLASTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55549145759     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.02.030     Document Type: Article

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