Reverse logistics network for municipal solid waste management: The inclusion of waste pickers as a Brazilian legal requirement

Waste Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-191

  Ferri, Giovane Lopes ^a   Diniz Chaves, Gisele de Lorena ^a   Ribeiro, Glaydston Mattos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste; Reverse logistics network; Solid waste legislation; Waste pickers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FACILITIES; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); REVERSE LOGISTICS NETWORK; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; WASTE LEGISLATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY; WASTE PICKERS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ALUMINUM; GLASS; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SOLID WASTE;

DECISION MAKING; LEGISLATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPOSTING; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL RECOVERY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; REVERSE LOGISTICS NETWORK; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; ALGORITHM; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; MANPOWER; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SANITATION; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SANITATION; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928701868     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.02.036     Document Type: Article

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