An eco-balance of a recycling plant for spent lead-acid batteries

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-219

  Salomone, Roberta ^a   Mondello, Fabio ^a   Lanuzza, Francesco ^a   Micali, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eco balance; Lead; Lead acid batteries; Life Cycle Assessment; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PYROMETRY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RECYCLING PLANT; SPENT BATTERIES;

LEAD ACID BATTERIES;

LEAD;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LEAD; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 20044392673     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0099-x     Document Type: Article

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