Allocation and 'what-if' scenarios in life cycle assessment of waste management systems

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 997-1005

  Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Guinée, Jeroen B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SYSTEM EXPANSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249667146     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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