Promoting reuse strategies for electrical/electronic equipment

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Waste and Resource Management

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 173-182

  Achillas, Charisios ^a   Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Karagiannidis, Avraam ^a   Vlachokostas, Christos ^a   Banias, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Disposal; Recycling; Reuse of materials sustainability waste management

Indexed keywords

DISPOSAL; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; END-OF-LIFE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-CRITERIA; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; REUSE OF MATERIALS/SUSTAINABILITY/WASTE MANAGEMENT; REUSE STRATEGY; STRICT CONSTRAINT; USEFUL LIFE; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE DIRECTIVE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RECYCLING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78649232380     PISSN: 17476526     EISSN: 17476534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/warm.2010.163.4.173     Document Type: Article

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