Theoretical framework for plastic waste management in ghana through extended producer responsibility: Case of sachet water waste

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 9907-9919

  Quartey, Ebo Tawiah ^a   Tosefa, Hero ^a   Danquah, Kwasi Asare Baffour ^a   Obrsalova, Ilona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Environmental problems; Plastic waste management; Producer responsibility; Recovery; Sachet water waste

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRINKING WATER; PLASTIC; SOLID WASTE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; RECOVERY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; GHANA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATIVE RESPONSIBILITY; PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY; PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECYCLING; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SACHET WASTE RECOVERY; SACHET WATER WASTE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GHANA;

DRINKING WATER; GHANA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84939611051     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120809907     Document Type: Article

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