Preservative-treated sawn timber in Sweden: Waste beyond control

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-486

  Krook, J ^a   Martensson A ^a   Eklund, M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Environmental pollution; Hazardous substances; Material flow analysis; Preservatives; Regulations; Substance flow analysis; Waste management; Wood waste

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTION; TIMBER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34047105774     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2006.012272     Document Type: Article

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