Review, mapping and analysis of the agricultural plastic waste generation and consolidation in Europe

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1262-1278

  Briassoulis, Demetres ^a   Babou, Epifania ^a   Hiskakis, Miltiadis ^a   Scarascia, Giacomo ^b   Picuno, Pietro ^c   Guarde, Dorleta ^d   Dejean, Cyril ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d Centro Tecnologico Gaiker   (Spain)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

agricultural plastic waste; Agricultural plastics; plastic waste composition; waste consolidation; waste generation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLASTIC WASTES; QUANTITATIVE DATA; REGIONAL SERVICES; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE GENERATION;

POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE BUTYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; FERTILIZER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; PLASTIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PLASTIC; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVATED LAND; EUROPE; FILM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PERIODICITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILAGE; WASTE CONSOLIDATION; WASTE GENERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

AGRICULTURAL PLASTIC WASTE; AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS; PLASTIC WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE CONSOLIDATION; WASTE GENERATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84890044761     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13507968     Document Type: Article

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