Correlation of key agricultural plastic waste parameters with the quality of the resulting waste stream

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 801 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 333-340

  Briassoulis, D ^a   Babou, E ^a   Hiskakis, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural plastic waste; Collection; Disposal of the waste stream; Handling; Storage; Use

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449095872     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.801.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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