Municipal solid waste and the environment: A global perspective

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-309

  Vergara, Sintana E ^a   Tchobanoglous, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Climate change; Electronic waste; Informal sector; Reuse and recycling; Solid waste management; Waste governance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE; INFORMAL SECTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); REUSE AND RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRY; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84883269124     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-050511-122532     Document Type: Review

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