Extended producer responsibility: a differential fee model for promoting sustainable packaging

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 343-353

  Pires, Ana ^a   Martinho, Graça ^a   Ribeiro, Rita ^b   Mota, Mafalda ^b   Teixeira, Luís ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNINOVA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Environmental information; Life cycle assessment impacts; Sustainable packaging; Sustainable producer fee (SPF); Technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS)

Indexed keywords

BINS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PACKAGING; PACKERS; PLASTIC RECYCLING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WEBSITES;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCER FEE (SPF);

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938252587     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.084     Document Type: Article

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