A review of ecodesign and environmental assessment tools and their appropriateness for electrical and electronic equipment

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-29

  Unger, Nicole ^a,c   Schneider, Felicitas ^b   Salhofer, Stefan ^b  

^a Melbourne Business Park   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Electrical and electronic equipment; Environmental assessment; Life cycle analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 44649179251     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2008.018536     Document Type: Review

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