Municipal waste disposal: Unit Pricing and Recycling Opportunities

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-39

  Podolsky, Michael J ^a   Spiegel, Menahem ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84987999635     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X9800300103     Document Type: Article

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