Waste management and recycling in the former Soviet Union: The City of Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2013, Pages 106-125

  Sim, Natasha M ^a,b   Wilson, David C ^a   Velis, Costas A ^c   Smith, Stephen R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Corporate Solutions Consulting Ltd ^*  (Kyrgyzstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Developing countries; Former soviet union; Governance; Indicators; Informal sector; Integrated sustainable waste management; Recycling; Solid waste management; Waste collection

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE; INFORMAL SECTOR; INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENTS; SOVIET UNION; WASTE COLLECTION;

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC;

BENCHMARKING; INFORMAL SECTOR; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASH; GOVERNMENT; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TEXTILE; USSR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BISHKEK; CHUY; KYRGYZSTAN; USSR;

BENCHMARKING; FORMER SOVIET UNION; GOVERNANCE; INDICATORS; INFORMAL SECTOR; INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE COLLECTION;

CITIES; KYRGYZSTAN; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896844185     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13499813     Document Type: Article

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