A comprehensive study of the environmental and economic benefits of resource recovery from global waste management systems

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A comprehensive study of the environmental and economic benefits of resource recovery from global waste management systems

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.This study analyses the municipal solid waste management system of 172 countries from all over the globe with a population of 3.37 billion. This study indicates that we generate around 1.47 billion tonnes (436 kg/cap/year) of municipal solid waste each year a...

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Main Author:	Zaman, Atiq
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5015

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