Life-cycle assessment of municipal solid wastes: Development of the WASTED model

Waste Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 886-901

  Diaz, R ^a   Warith, M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RECOVERY; WASTE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS (WASTED); WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTES;

DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLASS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; PLASTICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; STEEL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33745183548     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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