Estimating monitoring indicators and the carbon footprint of municipal solid waste management in the region of Cantabria, Northern Spain

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-285

  Cifrian, Eva ^a   Andres, Ana ^a   Viguri, Javier R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Greenhouse gases; Indicators; Management; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; GLOBAL CHANGE IMPACTS; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; MITIGATION MEASURES; MONITORING INDICATORS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW);

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND FILL; MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84879474254     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-012-9150-6     Document Type: Article

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