Life cycle assessment as part of sustainability assessment for chemicals

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-177

  Klöpffer, Walter ^a  

^a LCA Consult and Review   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Life cycle management (LCM); Materials; Products; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable chemistry

Indexed keywords

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 20044370299     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2005.04.247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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