Assessment of municipal solid waste generation and recyclable materials potential in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2209-2213

  Saeed, Mohamed Osman ^a   Hassan, Mohd Nasir ^b   Mujeebu, M Abdul ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; EXCEL SPREADSHEETS; GENERATION RATES; LINEAR BEHAVIORS; MALAYSIA; MICROSOFT OFFICES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE GENERATIONS; PAST AND PRESENTS; POPULATION GROWTHS; PUBLIC AWARENESS; RECYCLABLE MATERIALS; SOLID WASTE GENERATIONS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

POLYMERS; SOLID WASTES; SPREADSHEETS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

PLASTIC;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION GROWTH; RECYCLING; SPREADSHEET; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANDSCAPE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALAYSIA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC WASTE; PAPER; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; MALAYSIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 67349140950     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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