Proposal of a new model to improve the collection of small WEEE: A pilot project for the recovery and recycling of toys

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1208-1212

  Solé, Miquel ^a   Watson, Jenna ^b   Puig, Rita ^a   Fullana I Palmer, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

life cycle assessment; toys; waste collection model; WEEE

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; CIRCUIT BOARDS; ELECTRONIC TOYS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW RATES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROJECT APPROACH; RECYCLING RATE; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SMALL WEEE; TOYS; WASTE COLLECTION; WEEE;

LIFE CYCLE;

RECYCLING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; COST; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HIGH SCHOOL; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84868120022     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11434563     Document Type: Article

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