The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-119

  Vergara, Sintana E ^a   Damgaard, Anders ^a   Gomez, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Recycling; Reuse; Secondhand markets; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REUSE; REUSE AND RECYCLING; SECOND-HAND MARKETS;

RECYCLING;

GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFORMAL SECTOR; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MARKET SYSTEM; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84959100179     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12257     Document Type: Article

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