Toward zero waste: Composting and recycling for sustainable venue based events

Waste Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-94

  Hottle, Troy A ^a   Bilec, Melissa M ^b   Brown, Nicholas R ^c   Landis, Amy E ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Composting; Single stream; Sustainability; Zero waste

Indexed keywords

BINS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; LANDFILL DIVERSIONS; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; SINGLE STREAM; WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; WASTE REDUCTION; ZERO WASTE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

CARBON EMISSION; COMPOSTING; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84933678919     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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