Domestic separation and collection of municipal solid waste: Opinion and awareness of citizens and workers

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1297-1326

  De Feo, Giovanni ^a   De Gisi, Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Awareness; MSW; Opinion; Questionnaire; Resident; Separate collection; Worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867174501     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2051297     Document Type: Article

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