A market-based approach to allocation at open-loop recycling

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 91-109

  Ekvall, Tomas ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allocation; Environmental life cycle assessment; Life cycle inventory analysis; Methodology; Open loop recycling; Price elasticity; System expansion; Wastepaper

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY ANALYSIS; OPEN-LOOP RECYCLING; PRICE ELASTICITY;

CORRUGATED CONTAINERS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWSPRINT; WASTE PAPER;

RECYCLING;

LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTAINER; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PAPER; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 0034021781     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(99)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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