Depth of manual dismantling analysis: A cost-benefit approach

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 948-956

  Achillas, Ch ^a   Aidonis, D ^b   Vlachokostas, Ch ^c   Karagiannidis, A ^c   Moussiopoulos, N ^c   Loulos, V ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b Alexander Technological Educational Institute   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost accounting; Level of disassembly; Manual dismantling; Mathematical modeling; Recycling; Reuse; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; LEVEL OF DISASSEMBLY; MANUAL DISMANTLING; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; REUSE; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFITABILITY; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; WAGES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROFIT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RECYCLING;

EID: 84875810687     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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