Transportation cost analysis of the Hellenic system for alternative management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-89

  Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Karagiannidis, Avraam ^a   Papadopoulos, Agis ^a   Achillas, Charisios ^a   Antonopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Perkoulidis, Georgios ^a   Vlachos, Dimitrios ^a   Vlachokostas, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

End of life management; Reverse logistics; Transportation cost; Waste electrical and electronic equipment; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WASTE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

END OF LIFE MANAGEMENTS; REVERSE LOGISTICS; TRANSPORTATION COST; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864558914     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2012.048145     Document Type: Article

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