Challenges and issues in moving towards sustainable landfilling in a transitory country - Malaysia

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-19

  Agamuthu, P ^a   Fauziah, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

economic driver; institutional driver; public participation; reduce; reuse and recycle (3Rs); Sustainable landfill

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL DRIVER; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; REDUCE; REUSE AND RECYCLE (3RS); SUSTAINABLE LANDFILL;

ECONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAND FILL; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RECYCLING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; LANDFILL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FUNDING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INVESTMENT; LANDFILL; MALAYSIA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATTITUDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MALAYSIA; POLICY; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 78651391000     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10383080     Document Type: Article

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