Uncertainty regarding waste handling in everyday life

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2799-2813

  Henriksson, Greger ^a   Åkesson, Lynn ^b   Ewert, Susanne ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural categories; Environmental sustainability; Everyday life; Habits; Social practices; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866714621     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2092799     Document Type: Article

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