Reduction of CO2 emissions by improved management of material and product use: The case of transport packaging

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Hekkert, Marko P ^a   Joosten, Louis A J ^a   Worrell, Ernst ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emission reduction; Material management; Material use; Packaging material; Transport packaging

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; PACKAGING MATERIALS; RECYCLING;

MATERIAL MANAGEMENT; REUSABLE PACKAGING; TRANSPORT PACKAGING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; PACKAGING WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVALUATION; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PREDICTION; RECYCLING; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034077649     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(00)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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