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Efficiency evaluation of municipal solid waste management utilities in the urban cities of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, using stochastic frontier analysis
Vishwakarma, Amit; Kulshrestha, Mukul; Kulshreshtha, Mudit - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 19 (2012) 3, pp. 340-357
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evolve a framework for assessing the efficiencies of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) services. Design/methodology/approach – Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), a deterministic parametric frontier technique, has been employed for benchmarking...
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Endogene Rücknahmepolitik in einem dualen Entsorgungssystem / An Endogenously Determined Repurchase of Scrap in a Dual Waste Disposal System
Clausen, Hartmut; Wacker, Holger - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 217 (1998) 3, pp. 292-307
Zusammenfassung Mit dem neuen Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz, das auf die Produktverantwortung von Produzenten und die Schließung von Stoffkreisläufen abstellt, nimmt die Bedeutung von Rücknahmeverpflichtungen als abfallwirtschaftliches Instrument zu. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der...
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Consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for cassava-wheat composite bread in Ghana
Owusu, Victor; Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch; Donkor, Emmanuel; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 7 (2017) 2, pp. 115-134
with a blend of 15-40 per cent cassava flour blended with wheat flour in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is … based on interviews with 350 consumers in the Ashanti and Eastern Regions of Ghana to assess their awareness, perceptions … cassava-wheat composite flours. Nigeria has imposed a 10 per cent blending requirement for this reason. Ghana has taken …
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Quality Assurance and Quality Control for the Planned Konrad Repository
Brennecke, Peter; Beckmerhagen, Ingo - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 11 (1994) 5, pp. 30-37
In Germany radioactive waste with negligible heat generation, i.e. LLW and ILW, is planned to be disposed of in the Konrad repository. The construction and operation of this disposal mine necessitates quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) programmes focusing on the above‐ground and...
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The seven value stream mapping tools
Hines, Peter; Rich, Nick - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 17 (1997) 1, pp. 46-64
Develops a new value stream or supply‐chain mapping typology. This seven‐map typology is based on the different wastes inherent in value streams. The use of the various tools, either singularly or in combination, is therefore driven by the types of waste to be removed. The tools themselves...
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A reverse logistics inventory model for plastic bottles
Matar, Nouri; Y. Jaber, Mohamad; Searcy, Cory - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 25 (2014) 2, pp. 315-333
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an original model for the production-recycling-reuse of plastic beverage bottles. Design/methodology/approach – It is assumed that discarded two-liter plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are collected from the market. The bottles...
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Utility costs: a survey of Swiss office buildings
Stoy, Christian; Kytzia, Susanne - In: Journal of Facilities Management 6 (2008) 2, pp. 120-131
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the utility costs in Swiss office buildings. Owing to their high amount, as well as from an ecological perspective, the utility costs of a building are a relevant aspect of facility management. Against this backdrop the provision of utilities...
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Healthcare waste disposal strategy selection using grey-AHP approach
Thakur, Vikas; Ramesh, A. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 24 (2017) 3, pp. 735-749
Purpose Nowadays healthcare waste (HCW) has become a big challenge for the hospital management, especially, in developing countries like India. Like other developing countries, Indian healthcare waste disposal (HCWD) industry is also fragmented, as some hospitals are having their own in-house...
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Accounting for Waste or Garbage Accounting: Some Thoughts from Non‐accountants
Laughlin, Bob; Varangu, Linda K. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 4 (1991) 3
The management of waste is central to any reconsideration of an organisation′s environmental impact. Some Canadian experience in waste management is introduced and some questions this raises for conventional methods of accounting are identified.
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Nuclear power for clean, safe and secure energy independence
Baker Schaffer, Marvin - In: Foresight 9 (2007) 6, pp. 47-60
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review technologies for nuclear power and to assess their suitability in pursuit of clean, safe and secure energy independence. Design/methodology/approach – Technologies and potentials associated with the industry standard, light water reactors...
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