Scavengers and their role in the recycling of waste in Southwestern Lahore

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-162

  Asim, Muhammad ^a   Batool, Syeda Adila ^b   Chaudhry, Muhammad Nawaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dumpsite pickers; Household waste collectors; Itinerant buyers; Recycling; Scavengers; Sorting; Street pickers; Transfer point pickers

Indexed keywords

DUMPSITE PICKERS; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; ITINERANT BUYERS; SCAVENGERS; STREET PICKERS; TRANSFER POINT PICKERS;

BEVERAGES; CONTRACTORS; ECONOMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SALES; SCRAP METAL; SORTING;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC WASTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAVENGERS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WORKING TIME;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

EID: 83655192179     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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