Secondary resources and recycling in developing economies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 830-834

  Raghupathy, Lakshmi ^a   Chaturvedi, Ashish ^a  

^a GIZ Deutesche Gesellschaft Fur International Zusammenarbeit   (India)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Green economy; Recycling; Secondary resources; Sustainable model

Indexed keywords

BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT; GREEN ECONOMIES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; SECONDARY RESOURCES;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; MINERAL; NICKEL; TIN; ZINC;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METAL; MODELING; RECYCLING; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BATTERY INDUSTRY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DANGEROUS GOODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; MINING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; GREEN ECONOMY; RECYCLING; SECONDARY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INDIA; INDUSTRY; METALS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RECYCLING;

EID: 84881237203     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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