Door-to-door recyclables collection programmes : Willingness to participate and influential factors with a case study in the city of Xanthi (Greece)

The implementation of a recyclable waste management system is a serious challenge for a society that aims to contribute to sustainability. The first operational step of such system is waste collection. In a number of European countries, the solid waste collection system has changed from the conventi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. - 1991. - 36(2018), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 760-766
1. Verfasser: Tsalis, Thomas (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Amarantidou, Sonia, Calabró, Paolo, Nikolaou, Ioannis, Komilis, Dimitrios
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Schlagworte:Journal Article Behavioural study door-to-door collection recycling solid waste collection willingness to participate Solid Waste
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