European union legislation on sewage sludge management

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 2 A, 2014, Pages 635-639

  Inglezakis, Vassilis J ^a   Zorpas, Antonis A ^b   Karagiannidis, Avraam ^c   Samaras, Petros ^d   Voukkali, Irene ^e   Sklari, Stella ^f  

^a NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e Institute of Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development Department of Research and Development Laboratory of Environmental Friendly Technology ^*  (Cyprus)

^f INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

EU legislation; Sewage sludge; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RECYCLING; REGULATORY APPROACH; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

EID: 84896503984     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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