Measuring material cycling in industrial systems

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-652

  Bailey, Reid ^a   Bras, Bert ^b   Allen, Janet K ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Input output analysis; Material flow analysis; Recycling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

RECYCLING;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; RECYCLING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW MODELING; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRY; MATERIAL CYCLING; METRIC SYSTEM; RECYCLING;

EID: 38049011271     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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