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This paper analyses the social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta, wherein the system of returnable glass bottles has effectively been replaced by a system of disposable plastic bottles. The paper applies concepts such as Ulrich Beck's (1992) 'risk society', and Michael...
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Recycling and remanufacturing activities are gaining in importance, as a growing population and economy use up and wear … 100 to 250 million such items each year. As discard volumes rise and as resource scarcity becomes more critical, recycling … these activities for economic development and sustainability, new methods of tracking their impacts must be developed. While …
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Recycling and remanufacturing activities are gaining in importance, as a growing population and economy use up and wear … 100 to 250 million such items each year. As discard volumes rise and as resource scarcity becomes more critical, recycling … these activities for economic development and sustainability, new methods of tracking their impacts must be developed. While …
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This paper reports progress in modeling recycling and remanufacturing processes within metropolitan regional economies … recognized leader in e-waste recycling and sustainable development programs, while Atlanta has been slow to embrace recycling but … aggressive targets for carpet recycling and remanufacturing, e-waste forms the focus of this paper. We provide a detailed …
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This paper reports progress in modeling recycling and remanufacturing processes within metropolitan regional economies … recognized leader in e-waste recycling and sustainable development programs, while Atlanta has been slow to embrace recycling but … aggressive targets for carpet recycling and remanufacturing, e-waste forms the focus of this paper. We provide a detailed …
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The Productivity Commission’s inquiry report into ‘Waste Management’ was tabled by Government in December 2006. The Australian Government asked the Commission to identify policies that would enable Australia to address market failures and externalities associated with the generation and...
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nuclear power, as well as the long-term sustainability implications of the use of all energy resources. …
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This study identifies, documents, and assesses the existing levels of awareness and implementation of sustainability …, designers, and contractors supplemented with four case studies illustrating the recycling of construction demolition waste (CDW … which were limited to green design efforts and uncoordinated attempts at recycling construction demolition materials. The …
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This paper contributes to the literature by examining evolution of voluntary environmentally sustainable practices (ESPs) in the US carpet industry. The case illustrates the importance of an integrated and multi-stakeholder industry group – Carpet America Recovery Effort – in supporting use...
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