Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool of sustainable design for waste management: Six Italian case studies

Proc. 14th International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) World Congress 2007, 18th Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ) Conf.

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Del Borghi, Adriana ^a   Del Borghi, Marco ^a   Pronzati, Carlo ^a   Gallo, Michela ^b   Converti, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b RINA SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composting; EPD; Incineration; Italy; Landfill; LCA; PCR; Type III label; Waste

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND FILL; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REFUSE DERIVED FUEL (RDF);

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 44349181988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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