WEEE and portable batteries in residual household waste: Quantification and characterisation of misplaced waste

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2372-2380

  Bigum, Marianne ^a   Petersen, Claus ^b   Christensen, Thomas H ^a   Scheutz, Charlotte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Econet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cables; Portable batteries; Residual waste; Toners; Waste electrical and electronic equipment; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE BATTERIES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; RESIDUAL WASTES; TONERS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE; WEEE DIRECTIVE;

LIGHT SOURCES;

CABLES;

CABLE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALKALINE BATTERY; ALKALINE BUTTON CELL BATTERY; ARTICLE; CABLE; CARBON ZINC ALKALINE BATTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; GENERAL DEVICE; PORTABLE BATTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL WASTE; WASTE; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WESTERN EUROPE;

DENMARK;

CABLES; PORTABLE BATTERIES; RESIDUAL WASTE; TONERS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

DENMARK; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885142091     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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