Zero waste in Los Angeles: Is the emperor wearing any clothes?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-51

  Murphy, Sinnott ^a   Pincetl, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Los Angeles; Recycling; Resource conservation; Solid waste management; Zero waste

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LOS ANGELES; PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURES; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE CONSERVATION CHALLENGES; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; ZERO WASTE;

CONSERVATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLICY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE AND WASTE RELATED PHENOMENA; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE GENERATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889089307     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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