Public participation in designing a recycling scheme towards maximum public acceptance

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-67

  Keramitsoglou, Kiriaki M ^a   Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Public acceptance; Public participation; Recycling attitude; Recycling programme design

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RECYCLABLES; RECYCLING BINS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

ECONOMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RECYCLING;

DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GREECE;

EID: 84871383229     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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