RFID technology for hazardous waste management and tracking

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-66

  Namen, Anderson Amendoeira ^a   Da Costa Brasil, Felipe ^b   Abrunhosa, Jorge José Gouveia ^c   Abrunhosa, Glaucia Gomes Silva ^c   Tarré, Ricardo Martinez ^d   Marques, Flávio José Garcia ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b VEIGA DE ALMEIDA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c RFID Brasil   (Brazil)

^d Ambiente Brasil Soluções Agro Ambientais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental benefits; Hazardous waste management; RFID; Waste tracking

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; MATERIALS HANDLING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); WASTE DISPOSAL;

DISPOSAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTES; INAPPROPRIATE DISPOSALS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; GENERATOR; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; BRAZIL; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; PROCEDURES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE;

BRAZIL;

HAZARDOUS WASTE;

BRAZIL; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84921879803     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X14536463     Document Type: Article

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