Fostering green chemistry through a collaborative business model: A Chemical Leasing case study from Serbia

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-144

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a,b   Carpenter, Angela ^b   Satric, Vojislavka ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Cleaner Production Centre of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Business models; Chemical Leasing; Green chemistry; Serbia; Sustainable chemical management; Sustainable chemistry

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; BOTTLES; CHEMICALS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS MODELS; CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; SERBIA; SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; DANGEROUS GOODS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEASING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PROFIT; SERBIA;

EID: 84881392630     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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