Impacts of policy and market incentives for solid waste recycling in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Waste Management

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 321-328

  Matter, Anne ^a,b   Ahsan, Mehedi ^c   Marbach, Michelle ^d   Zurbrügg, Christian ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Swisscontact: Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation   (Bangladesh)

^c Bangladesh Country Office   (Bangladesh)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Dhaka; Market incentives; Policy incentives; Recycling; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOGAS; BUDGET CONTROL; COAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; NATURAL GAS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; PROVEN RESERVES; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WATER RECYCLING;

BANGLADESH; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; DHAKA; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES; NATURAL GAS RESERVES; POLICY INCENTIVES; SOLID WASTE RECYCLING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOGAS; SOLID WASTE;

INCENTIVE; LANDFILL; MARKET CONDITIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION POLICY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDFILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REWARD; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CITY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)];

BANGLADESH; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928048030     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.01.032     Document Type: Article

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