National waste prevention programs: Indicators on progress and barriers

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9 SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Wilts, Henning ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Incentives; Indicators; Path dependencies; Waste incineration; Waste prevention

Indexed keywords

ECO-INNOVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; INCENTIVES; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; PATH DEPENDENCY; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; WASTE PREVENTION;

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); WASTE INCINERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IVERMECTIN; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; INCINERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PREVENTION; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; SOLID WASTE; STANDARD; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GERMANY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873717648     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12453612     Document Type: Article

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