Pay as you throw. Strengths and weaknesses of weight-based billing in household waste collection systems in Sweden

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Dahlén, Lisa ^a   Lagerkvist, Anders ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILLING SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORTS; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; PER CAPITA; RECYCLING RATE; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY; WEIGHT SCHEMES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RECYCLING; WEIGHING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY APPROACH; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOMESTIC WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SWEDEN; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SWEDEN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70649106882     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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