Characterization, quantification and management of China's municipal solid waste in spatiotemporal distributions: A review

Waste Management

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 67-77

  Gu, Binxian ^a   Jiang, Suqin ^b   Wang, Haikun ^b   Wang, Zibo ^a   Jia, Renfu ^a   Yang, Jie ^c   He, Sheng ^d   Cheng, Rong ^d  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Suzhou Environmental Sanitation Administration Agency   (China)

Author keywords

China; Municipal solid waste; Review; Spatiotemporal variations; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

REVIEWS; SOLID WASTES; SOURCE SEPARATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; REGULATIONS AND POLICY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; RUBBER; SOLID WASTE;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASH; CERAMICS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD WASTE; GRASS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PAPER; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEXTILE; WOOD; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HEBEI; JIANGSU; SHANDONG; ZHEJIANG;

CHINA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85009278927     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.039     Document Type: Review

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