Electronic waste management cost: A scenario-based analysis for Greece

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 963-972

  Achillas, Ch ^a   Vlachokostas, Ch ^a   Moussiopoulos, N ^a   Perkoulidis, G ^a   Banias, G ^a   Mastropavlos, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

mathematical programming; recycling fees; reverse logistics; transportation cost; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

COST ELEMENTS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HAZARDOUSNESS; INTERMEDIATE STORAGE; MANAGEMENT COSTS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; RECYCLING FEE; RECYCLING FEES; REVERSE LOGISTICS; REVERSE LOGISTICS NETWORK; SCENARIO-BASED ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION COST; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE); WASTE STREAM; WEEE MANAGEMENT;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RECYCLING; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; VOLUME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREECE; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GREECE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 80052777287     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10389104     Document Type: Article

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