Drivers of solid waste collection costs. Empirical evidence from Italy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 364-371

  Greco, Giulio ^a   Allegrini, Marco ^a   Del Lungo, Claudio ^b   Gori Savellini, Paolo ^b   Gabellini, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Thesis Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost drivers; Waste collection; Waste management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST DRIVERS; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; INTERNAL EFFICIENCIES; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938205632     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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