An assessment of the current municipal solid waste management system in Lahore, Pakistan

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 834-847

  Masood, Maryam ^a   Barlow, Claire Y ^a   Wilson, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

integrated solid waste management; Lahore; landfill; material flow analysis; recycling; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTS; LAHORE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT COSTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SECTOR; LANDFILL; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAKISTAN; POLICY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; ANALYSIS; CITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

SOIL; SOLID WASTE;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PAKISTAN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84907214401     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X14545373     Document Type: Article

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