Environmental evaluation of localising production as a strategy for sustainable development: a case study of two consumer goods in Jamaica

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1327-1338

  Russell, S N ^a   Allwood, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LCA; Local production; Scenario analysis; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFLUIDICS; PIGMENTS; PLANNING; RAW MATERIALS; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CASE STUDIES; CONSUMER GOODS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE); LIFE CYCLE (LC); LOCAL PRODUCTION; OVERSEAS SUPPLIERS; PRODUCTION STRUCTURES; SCENARIO TECHNIQUE; VIRGIN MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 44649139106     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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