A new economic instrument for financing accelerated landfill aftercare

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1191-1198

  Beaven, R P ^a   Knox, K ^b   Gronow, J R ^c   Hjelmar, O ^d   Greedy, D ^e   Scharff, H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Knox Associates (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DHI   (Denmark)

^e ISWA Landfill Group   (United Kingdom)

^f NV Afvalzorg Holding   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Economic instruments; Financial provisions; Landfill; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTS; LAND FILL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; NITROGEN;

AFTERCARE; CURRENT SITUATION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS; FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; LANDFILL OPERATIONS; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; LOW PERMEABILITY; ORGANIC MATERIALS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

CARBON; NITROGEN; METHANE;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; LANDFILL; POLLUTION TAX; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; LANDFILL CAPPING; LEACHATE;

AERATION; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FUNDING; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; DEGRADATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84901978897     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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