The profiles of household solid waste recyclers and non-recyclers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Habitat International

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-89

  Zen, Irina Safitri ^a   Noor, Zainura Zainon ^a   Yusuf, Rafiu Olasunkanmi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Household recycling participation; Non recycler; Recycler; Recycling barrier; Recycling motivation

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

KUALA LUMPUR [KUALA LUMPUR (ADS)]; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84888038876     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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