Off-site sorting of construction waste: What can we learn from Hong Kong?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-108

  Lu, Weisheng ^a   Yuan, Hongping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Construction waste; Hong Kong; Regulation; Waste sorting

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SORTING;

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; HONG-KONG; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; REGULATION; WASTE SORTING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING MATERIAL; DECISION MAKING; HONG KONG; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84867746656     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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