19th century London dust-yards: A case study in closed-loop resource efficiency

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1282-1290

  Velis, Costas A ^a   Wilson, David C ^b   Cheeseman, Christopher R ^b  

^a Integrated Earth Systems Science Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURIES; CLOSED LOOPS; COAL ASH CONTENTS; DUST COLLECTIONS; INFORMAL SECTORS; MARKET VALUES; MATERIAL RECOVERIES; MATERIALS RECYCLING; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHS; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC PRIVATES; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; RESIDUAL WASTES; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL ASH; COAL DUST; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; FACILITIES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; METAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FERTILIZER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RECYCLING; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE STUDY; CONTRACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DUST YARD; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; MARKET; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

COAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; FERTILIZERS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LONDON; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59849085954     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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