Future trends in computer waste generation in India

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2265-2277

  Dwivedy, Maheshwar ^a   Mittal, R K ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING ANALYSIS; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMPUTER PENETRATION RATE; E-WASTE; END-OF-LIFE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; FUTURE TRENDS; LIFE SPAN; LOGISTIC CURVES; LOGISTIC GROWTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MODEL ESTIMATES; OBSOLETE COMPUTER; PENETRATION RATES; RECYCLING CAPACITY; RECYCLING RATE; THREE PARAMETERS; UPPER BOUND; WASTE GENERATION; WILLIAMS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MICROCOMPUTERS;

RECYCLING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LOGISTICS; MODELING; RECYCLING; STAKEHOLDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; INDIA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROCOMPUTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SIMULATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTERS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 77957755560     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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