The drivers of MSW generation, disposal and recycling: Examining OECD inter-country differences

Waste and Environmental Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 91-104

  Karousakis, Katia ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

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EID: 80051522189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881378     Document Type: Chapter

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