Excluding site-specific data from the LCA inventory: How this affects life cycle impact assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-150

  Ross, Stuart ^a   Evans, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data aggregation; Iso standards; Life cycle assessment; Photochemical oxidants; Plastic packaging; Recycling; Reuse; Site specific data

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; PACKAGING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036100534     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02994048     Document Type: Article

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