Modelling informally collected quantities of bulky waste and reusable items in Austria

Waste Management

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-14

  Ramusch, R ^a   Pertl, A ^a   Scherhaufer, S ^a   Schmied, E ^a   Obersteiner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bulky waste; Informal collection; Informal sector; Methodologies; Reuse; Transboundary shipment; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WASTE; TRIANGULATION;

BULKY WASTES; INFORMAL SECTOR; METHODOLOGIES; REUSE; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

SHIPS;

INFORMAL SECTOR; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BULKY WASTE; HUNGARY; INFORMAL COLLECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TRAFFIC; TRIANGULATION; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; PACKAGING; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTRIA;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

SOLID WASTE;

AUSTRIA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84941171615     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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