Sustainable kerbside recycling in the municipal garbage contract

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 988-995

  Chowdhury, Moe ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste (MSW) and recycling contract; Pay as you throw; Waste reduction

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; ENERGY COST; GARBAGE COLLECTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) AND RECYCLING CONTRACT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PAY-AS-YOU-THROW; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RECYCLABLE MATERIAL; RECYCLING PROGRAMS; RESIDENTIAL WASTES; RURAL COMMUNITY; SERVICE PACKAGE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE SERVICES; WASTE REDUCTION; WIN-WIN;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLOBAL WARMING; RECYCLING; REFUSE COLLECTION; SAILING VESSELS; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GARBAGE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; OHIO; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73549095150     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09335697     Document Type: Review

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