From waste to sustainable materials management: Three case studies of the transition journey

Waste Management

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 547-557

  Silva, Angie ^a   Rosano, Michele ^a   Stocker, Laura ^a   Gorissen, Leen ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case studies; Circular economy; Governance; Materials; Policy; Transitions; Zero waste

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATERIALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PUBLIC POLICY;

CASE-STUDIES; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; RESOURCE MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; TRANSITIONAL STATE; ZERO WASTE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION POLICY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; JAPAN; LANDFILL; LAW; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; BELGIUM; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

JAPAN;

ELAGATIS;

BELGIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; JAPAN; RECYCLING; SAN FRANCISCO; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85008199905     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.038     Document Type: Review

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