Seeking opportunities to reduce life cycle impacts of consumer goods-an economy-wide assessment

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Huang, Y Anny ^a   Matthews, H Scott ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle bills; Consumption; Economic input output life cycle assessment (EIO LCA); Extended producer responsibility (EPR); TRACI

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BEVERAGES; CONTAINERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MINING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POWER GENERATION; PURCHASING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEVERAGE CONTAINERS; BOTTLE BILLS; CHEMICAL-; CONSUMER GOODS; CONSUMER PURCHASES; CONSUMPTION; CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INPUT-OUTPUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (EIO-LCA); EMBODIED ENERGY; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR); GAS EQUIVALENT; INDUSTRY GROUPS; INPUT-OUTPUT; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; LCA MODEL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT); MANAGEMENT SERVICES; MANUFACTURED GOODS; MODELING TECHNIQUES; SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS; TOTAL LIFE; TRACI; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTE STREAMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 51849159254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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