Measuring waste management performance using the 'Zero Waste Index': The case of Adelaide, Australia

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Measuring waste management performance using the 'Zero Waste Index': The case of Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide is one of the high-consuming cities of the world that has developed and implemented a zero waste strategy to achieve optimum resource recovery from waste. Many similar cities are adopting a zero waste strategy with a key goal of 100% diversion rate of waste from landfill. This study argues...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zaman, Atiq
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54995

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