The existing situation and challenges regarding the use of plastic carrier bags in Europe

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 419-428

  Kasidoni, Maria ^a   Moustakas, Konstantinos ^a   Malamis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

behaviour change; environmental behaviour; European Union member states; policy evaluation; Single use lightweight plastic carrier bags

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIOUR CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR; EUROPEAN UNION; PLASTIC CARRIERS; POLICY EVALUATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

PLASTIC;

EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LEGISLATION; PLASTIC; POLICY MAKING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FRANCE; GENERAL DEVICE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ITALY; LANDSCAPE; LATVIA; LAW; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; PACKAGING; PLASTIC CARRIER BAG; POLAND; POLICY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; PRODUCT PACKAGING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930510994     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X15577858     Document Type: Article

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