A comprehensive study of the environmental and economic benefits of resource recovery from global waste management systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-50

  Zaman, Atiq Uz ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic benefits; Environmental benefits; Global waste management; Municipal solid waste; Resource recovery; Zero waste index

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATURAL RESOURCES; RECOVERY; SOLID WASTES;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ZERO WASTE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84960532595     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.086     Document Type: Article

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