Quantifying life cycle environmental benefits from the reuse of industrial materials in pennsylvania

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2550-2556

  Eckelman, Matthew J ^a   Chertow, Marian R ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SAVINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INDUSTRIAL GENERATORS; INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS; LIFE-CYCLE INVENTORIES; PENNSYLVANIA; PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS; PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGY USE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTORS; RESIDUAL WASTES; SOLID MATERIALS; STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA; VOLUME FLOWS; WASTE MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTEWATER;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

LIFE CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PENNSYLVANIA;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64349105236     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802345a     Document Type: Article

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