Contribution of cooperative sector recycling to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A case study of Ribeirão Pires, Brazil

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2771-2780

  King, Megan F ^a   Gutberlet, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon credit market; Clean Development Mechanism; Informal sector; Landfill; Sustainability; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CARBON CREDIT MARKET; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTINGS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; INFORMAL SECTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE STREAM; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; EMISSIONS TRADING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFORMAL SECTOR; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECYCLING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

CARBON CREDIT MARKET; CARD.; CARDBOARD; CDM; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CO(2) EQUIVALENT; CO(2)-EQ.; DECAY RATE FOR PAPER/CARD.; DEGRADABLE ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; EF; EMISSIONS FACTOR; GIGAJOULE; GJ; HDPE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; INFORMAL SECTOR; K; KILOWATT HOUR; KWH; LANDFILL; LDPE; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY; MCF; MEGAWATT HOUR; METHANE (CH(4)) CORRECTION FACTOR; METRIC TONNE; MRF; MWH; PARTICIPATORY SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT; PET; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PP; PS; PSWM; PVC; SEC; SFC; SPECIFIC ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABILITY; T; UNFCCC; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886046322     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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