Economic Consequences of Increasing Polymer Content for the U.S. Automobile Recycling Infrastructure

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 19-33

  Isaacs, Jacqueline A ^a   Gupta, Surendra M ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile; Dismantlers; Goal programming; Polymers; Recycling; Shredders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002458169     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1997.1.4.19     Document Type: Article

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