Estimation of future outflows of e-waste in India

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 483-491

  Dwivedy, Maheshwar ^a   Mittal, R K ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKERS; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); END-OF-LIFE; LIFE SPAN; MODEL ESTIMATES; RECYCLERS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RECYCLING; WASHERS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPUTER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; COMPUTERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOFTWARE;

INDIA;

EID: 73849142796     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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