Economies of size and density in municipal solid waste recycling in Portugal

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-20

  Carvalho, Pedro ^a   Marques, Rui Cunha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Economies of output density; Economies of size; Packaging; Portugal; Recycling; Waste management

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFICIENT; ECONOMIES OF SIZE; EFFICIENT COSTS; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; PORTUGAL; PRIVATE COMPANIES;

COSTS; GLASS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PACKAGING; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RECYCLING;

GLASS;

COMPOSTING; COST ANALYSIS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIES OF OUTPUT DENSITY; ECONOMIES OF SIZE; EUROPE; INCINERATION; LAW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; POPULATION SIZE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84896692106     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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