Significant steps in ship recycling vis-a-vis wastes generated in a cluster of yards in Alang: A case study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 520-532

  Hiremath, Anand M ^a   Tilwankar, Atit K ^a   Asolekar, Shyam R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Emission factor; European legislation; Hazardous waste; Hong kong convention; Ship dismantling; Ship recycling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EMISSION FACTORS; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HONG-KONG; SHIP DISMANTLING; SHIP RECYCLING;

SHIPS;

EID: 84922423162     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.031     Document Type: Article

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