A decision-support tool for the take-back of plastics from end-of-life electronics

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 51-56

  Masanet, Eric R ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION-SUPPORT TOOL; END-OF-LIFE (EOL) ELECTRONICS; MATERIAL STATE TRANSFORMATION; TAKE-BACK SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SOLID WASTES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 4444250788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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