Assessing the benefits of design for recycling for plastics in electronics: A case study of computer enclosures

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1801-1811

  Masanet, Eric ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance indices (H); Recycling (C); Thermoplastics (A)

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RECYCLING; THERMOPLASTICS;

COMPUTER ENCLOSURES; DESIGN FOR RECYCLING METHOD; PERFORMANCES INDICES;

PLASTICS;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 34249722129     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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