Biodegradable packaging life-cycle assessment

Environmental Progress

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-346

  Bohlmann, Gregory M ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Inventory analysis; Polylactide; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INVENTORY ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POLYLACTIDE(PLA);

BIODEGRADATION; DATA ACQUISITION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NATURAL GAS; PACKAGING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES;

LIFE CYCLE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12344283813     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10053     Document Type: Article

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