Attitudes towards waste minimisation amongst labour only sub‐contractors
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Attitudes Towards Waste Minimisation Amongst Labour Only Sub- Contractors
Waste generation by the construction industry is a significant issue for the industry and for society generally. The paper examines previous studies of attitudes to waste management within the industry and by means of a small questionnaire study sets out to examine: the extent of labour only sub-contractors’ awareness and understanding of waste as an issue, their perceptions of the causes of wa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Structural Survey
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0263-080X
DOI: 10.1108/02630800410549044