Let us discuss how cascading can help implement the circular economy and the bio-economy strategies

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 593-594

  Bezama, Alberto ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BIO ECONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CASCADING; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MATERIAL STATE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

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EID: 84977275288     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X16657973     Document Type: Editorial

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