Technological change in Swiss thermal waste treatment: An expert-based socio-technical analysis

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1382-1394

  Spoerri, Andy ^a   Lang, Daniel J ^a   Staeubli, Beat ^b   Scholz, Roland W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AWEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GRATE FIRING; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; LEADING EXPERTS; LOCK-IN; LOW QUALITIES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; RESIDUE QUALITY; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THERMAL WASTE TREATMENT; TWO STAGE; WASTE PROCESSING;

ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LANDFILL; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LANDFILL; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; INCINERATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SWITZERLAND; TECHNOLOGY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77952671008     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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