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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POLYMERIC WASTE, POST-CONSUPTION, DISPOSED IN THE SANITARY LANDFILL OF THE MUNICIPAL OF SÃO CARLOS, SP

The objective of the present work is to present a physical characterization of the polymeric wastes conducted in the conventional collection of the municipality of São Carlos, SP. The method adopted for physical characterization was by sampling, where the number of samples involved all of the sections, with the weight …

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ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES READY FOR FIRST WORLD WASTE POLICY INSTRUMENTS?

The findings of on-going research conducted within South Africa on waste policy instruments shows that while typical command-and-control instruments lack effective monitoring and enforcement, alternative policy instruments such as economic or information based strategies, are either slow to find favour or fail soon after implementation. Developing countries, such as South …

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