Household recycling knowledge, attitudes and practices towards solid waste management

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-100

  Babaei, Ali Akbar ^a   Alavi, Nadali ^a   Goudarzi, Gholamreza ^a   Teymouri, Pari ^b   Ahmadi, Kambiz ^a   Rafiee, Mohammad ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Citizens; Demographic factors; KAP; Municipal solid waste (MSW) management; Questionnaire surveya

Indexed keywords

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SOLID WASTES; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITIZENS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; KAP; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYA;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DUMPING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LANDFILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOURCE SEPARATION;

ABADAN; IRAN; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 84938117978     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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