Product flow analysis of various consumer durables in Japan

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-480

  Oguchi, Masahiro ^a   Kameya, Takashi ^b   Yagi, Suguru ^b   Urano, Kohei ^b  

^a Resource Systems Inc   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collection and recycling; Consumer durable goods; E waste; Electrical and electronic equipment; Material flow analysis (MFA); Product flow analysis (PFA)

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; RECYCLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTE UTILIZATION;

CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA); PRODUCT FLOW ANALYSIS (PFA);

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; RECYCLING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTE UTILIZATION;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; SHIPPING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONSUMER DURABLES; DANGEROUS GOODS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; LANDFILL; LAW; LIFESPAN; MATERIALS; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PRODUCT FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; VIDEORECORDING; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WEIGHT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 36749082968     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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