Strategy for use of alternative waste sort sizes for characterizing solid waste composition

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Sharma, Mukesh ^a   McBean, Edward ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quantity of solid waste; Standard deviation; Waste characterization; Waste composition; Waste sorts; Wmr 1254 5

Indexed keywords

QUANTITY OF SOLID WASTE; STANDARD DEVIATION; WASTE CHARACTERIZATION; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE SORTS; WMR 1254-5;

GYPSUM; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOLID WASTES; SORTING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

METHODOLOGY; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 60449111114     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07082764     Document Type: Article

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