Evaluating waste treatment, recycle and reuse in industrial system: An application of the emergy approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Yang, Hui ^a   Li, Yourun ^a   Shen, Jingzhu ^a   Hu, Shanying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergy; Impact of wastes; Industrial system; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037301480     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00288-0     Document Type: Article

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