Seasonal varitation and municipal solid waste composition - Issues for development of new waste management strategies in Abuja, Nigeria

Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 210-219

  Roberts, Clive L ^a   Watkin, Glynne D ^a   Ezeah, Chukwunonye ^a   Phillips, Paul S ^b   Odunfa, Amos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Abuja Environmental Protection Board   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste composition; Nigeria; Seasonal variation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; DRY SEASONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE STREAM; WET SEASON;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HYDRAULICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 79954427943     PISSN: 10881697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5276/JSWTM.2010.210     Document Type: Article

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