Environmental and economic assessment of sewage sludge handling options

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-278

  Lundin, M ^a   Olofsson, M ^a   Pettersson, G J ^b   Zetterlund, H ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Goteborg Water Sewage Wk Plan D   (Sweden)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Costs; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Phosphorus recovery; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PASTEURIZATION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

PHOSPHORUS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; RECYCLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 2442507838     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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