Evaluation of the effect of recycling on sustainability of municipal solid waste management in Thailand

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-257

  Menikpura, S N M ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b   Bonnet, Sébastien ^a,b   Chiemchaisri, Chart ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Indicators; Life cycle assessment; Municipal solid waste; Recycling; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; MANAGEMENT METHOD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879492020     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-012-9119-5     Document Type: Article

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