Sustaining environment and organisation through e-waste management: A study of post consumption behaviour for mobile industry in India

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Dixit, Saumya ^a   Vaish, Anurika ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Disposal; E waste; India; Reverse logistics; Sustainability; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881443877     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2013.055559     Document Type: Article

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