Waste sorting in apartments: Integrating the perspective of the user

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 669-679

  Ordoñez, Isabel ^a   Harder, Robin ^a   Nikitas, Alexandros ^a   Rahe, Ulrike ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apartment buildings; Household waste; Sorting behavior; Sustainable waste handling; User perspective; Waste composition analysis

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; ERRORS; HOUSING; PACKAGING MATERIALS;

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; SUSTAINABLE WASTE; USER PERSPECTIVES; WASTE COMPOSITION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84938198774     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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