E-waste bans and U.S. households' preferences for disposing of their e-waste

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-16

  Milovantseva, Natalia ^a   Saphores, Jean Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disposal bans; E waste; Multinomial logit; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LANDFILL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOMESTIC WASTE; E WASTE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; FAMILY SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876496494     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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