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Author Lacoste, Elisabeth.

Title From waste to resource : 2006 world waste survey / Elisabeth Lacoste, Philippe Chalmin ; foreword by Denis Gasquet
Published Paris : Economica, [2007]
©2007

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Description viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents General overview: Turning waste into a resource -- What is waste? -- Where is waste? -- An assessment of world deposits -- From the use of waste to its trade: how waste is turned into a resource -- A complex world -- Chapter I. Methodology, definitions and regulations -- What is waste? -- Definitions and methodology -- Markets overview and regulatory frameworks -- Chapter II. Regional and national markets -- Europe - The European waste market Trends -- Germany - The German waste market -- Regulatory and fiscal framework -- Statistics and methodology -- Import/Export -- France - The French waste market -- Regulatory and fiscal framework -- Statistics and methodology -- Import/Export -- United Kingdom - The British waste market -- Regulatory and fiscal framework -- Statistics and methodology -- Import/Export -- Italy - The Italian waste market -- Regulatory and fiscal framework -- Statistics and methodology -- Spain - The Spanish waste market -- Regulatory and fiscal framework -- Statistics and methodology -- Import/Export -- The waste market in other European countries -- Scandinavia and Switzerland -- Benelux and Austria -- New European Union member countries -- United States - The United States waste market -- Regulatory and fiscal framework -- Statistics and methodology -- Market estimate and development -- Import/Export -- Other OECD countries and Asian countries with high per-capita income -- Canada -- Turkey -- Australia and New Zealand -- Asian OECD countries: Japan and South Korea -- Other high-income Asian countries -- Hong Kong -- Emerging countries (GDP of US$2,000-US$8,000 per capita) -- China -- India -- Brazil -- Developing countries -- Chapter III. Recovery and recycling: heading toward global markets -- Material flows and volumes -- Energy recovery, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and the carbon market -- World markets and secondary materials -- Bibliography and websites -- Appendix 1. Abbreviations -- Appendix 2. Glossary
Notes Co-produced by Veolia Environmental Services and CyclOpe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Author Chalmin, Philippe.
Economica (Firm)
ISBN 2717853588
9782717853582
Other Titles 2006 world waste survey
World waste survey 2006