Environmental assessment of paper waste management options by means of LCA methodology

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5702-5714

  Arena, U ^a   Mastellone, M L ^a   Perugini, F ^a   Clift, R ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PAPER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIOFUEL;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PACKAGING; PAPER; PAPER INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; STANDARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4344561196     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049967s     Document Type: Article

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