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1 online resource : illustrations |
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PREFACE ; IS INCREASING POST-CONSUMER PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO REDUCE PLASTIC CONTENT IN THE WASTE STREAM? ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION -- PLASTIC AND PLASTIC BAG WASTE ; REGULATORY ACTIONS ON FILM PLASTIC WASTE ; THE RECYCLING AND CONTROL ON FILM PLASTICS IN HONG KONG ; Methodology ; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDENTS ; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; Factors Influencing Plastic Bag Recycling ; Factors Affecting Plastic Bag Recycling ; Barriers to Plastic Bag Recycling and Effects on the Scheme if Barriers are Removed |
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LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; APPENDIX I. QUESTIONS FOR PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING ; Section 1. About Recycling Schemes ; Section 2 Consumption of Plastic Bags and Plastic Bottles ; Section 3. Waste Disposal And Recycling Behaviour And Preference ; Section 4 Demographic Characteristics ; REFERENCES ; HISTORICAL PATTERNS IN LICHEN COMMUNITIES OF MONTANE QUAKING ASPEN FORESTS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS ; Study Area ; Landscape Aspen And Lichen Survey ; CLIMATE AND HISTORICAL SOURCES ; Analysis of Lichen Communities ; HISTORIC AND DATA OUTCOMES |
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Historic Sources and Euro-American Impacts Stand Structure and Climate Data ; Lichen Community Analysis ; DISCUSSION ; History, Climate, and Aspen Forest Development ; Chronology of Influences for Aspen-Dependent Lichens ; Management for Aspen-Dependent Species under Future Climate Scenarios ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; TRACE ELEMENT ACCUMULATION AND DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFERENT LAKE ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE CASE OF LAKE VELENJSKO JEZERO, SLOVENIA, AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE FROM MINING ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION |
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Trace Elements in Water and Sediment Trace Elements in Macrophytes ; Trace Element Distribution in Macrophytes ; Seasonal Changes in the Concentration of Trace Elements in Macrophytes ; Trace elements in Fish ; Concentration of Trace Elements in Different Tissues ; Concentration of Trace Elements and Fish Age ; Concentration of Trace Elements and Fish Trophic Position ; Contamination Intake and Health Threat from Consuming Fish ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; DEVELOPING MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION INVENTORIES AND AIR QUALITY REGULATION FOR ULTRAFINE PARTICLES ; ABSTRACT |
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1. INTRODUCTION 2. CURRENT AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER ; 3. INITIATIVES UNDERWAY TO MEASURE AND CONTROL ULTRAFINE PARTICLES GENERATED BY MOTOR VEHICLES ; 4. CURRENT MODELS AND APPROACHES TO QUANTIFY AND ESTIMATE MOTOR VEHICLE PARTICLE EMISSION INVENTORIES ; Emissions Models ; 5. QUANTIFICATION OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PARTICLE INVENTORY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET, WHICH INCLUDED PARTICLE NUMBER ; Urban South-East Queensland Study Region ; Emission Factors Used in the Particle Number Inventory |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Environmental degradation.
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Pollution
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Environmental quality.
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Environmental protection.
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Environmental Pollution
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environmental protection.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Environmental degradation
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Environmental protection
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Environmental quality
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Pollution
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Daniels, Justin A.
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| ISBN |
9781620816707 |
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1620816709 |
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