Is Metal Recycling Sustainable?

Green Processing 2002 - Proceedings: International Conference on the Sustainable Proceesing of Minerals

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 335-341

  Wright, S ^a   Jahanshahi, S ^a   Jorgensen, F ^a   Brennan, D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUEL CELLS; IMPURITIES; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; IRON SCRAP; LAND FILL; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE; LEAD-ACID BATTERIES; METAL RECYCLING; REFRACTORY LIFE;

RECYCLING;

EID: 2342583469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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