Sustainability and shared smart and mutual - green growth (SSaM-GG) in Korean medical waste management

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 410-418

  Koo, Ja Kong ^a   Jeong, Seung Ik ^a  

^a Jungwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Incineration; infectious medical waste management; life cycle assessment; life cycle cost; microwave disinfection; SSaM GG; steam sterilisation; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DISINFECTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE HEAT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INFECTIOUS-MEDICAL WASTES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFECYCLE COSTS; SSAM-GG; STEAM STERILISATION;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ARSENIC; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE; TOXIN; HOSPITAL WASTE; WATER VAPOR;

ACIDIFICATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELPHI STUDY; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INVESTMENT; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; PROCEDURES; SOUTH KOREA; WATER VAPOR;

SOUTH KOREA;

DISINFECTION; INCINERATION; MEDICAL WASTE; MICROWAVES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STEAM; STERILIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930521112     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X15574561     Document Type: Article

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