Material flow analysis of used personal computers in Japan

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1602-1614

  Yoshida, Aya ^a   Tasaki, Tomohiro ^a   Terazono, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FILES; DISTRIBUTION ROUTES; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FISCAL YEARS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOWS; RENTAL COMPANIES; TRADE STATISTICS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RECYCLING;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

COMPUTER; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; RECYCLING; SURVEY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MICROCOMPUTERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 61549142717     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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