Plastics Disassembly versus Bulk Recycling: Engineering Design for End-of-Life Electronics Resource Recovery

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 5463-5470

  Rios, Pedro ^a   Stuart, Julie Ann ^a   Grant, Ed ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTICS; RECYCLING;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

METAL; PETROLEUM; PLASTIC; RESIN;

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DISASSEMBLY PROCESS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LASER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PROCESS DESIGN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RECYCLING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENGINEERING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PLASTICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0344198072     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es034675o     Document Type: Article

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