Carbon in global waste and wastewater flows – its potential as energy source under alternative future waste management regimes

Gómez-Sanabria, Adriana; Höglund-Isaksson, Lena; Rafaj, Peter; Schöpp, Wolfgang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-105-2018

Articles | Volume 45

https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-105-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-105-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 45

09 Aug 2018

| 09 Aug 2018

Carbon in global waste and wastewater flows – its potential as energy source under alternative future waste management regimes

Adriana Gómez-Sanabria, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, Peter Rafaj, and Wolfgang Schöpp

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