Accounting for transportation impacts in the environmental assessment of waste management plans

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-256

  Brambilla Pisoni, Emanuele ^a   Raccanelli, Roberto ^a   Dotelli, Giovanni ^a   Botta, Donatella ^a   Melià, Paco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; Life cycle assessment (LCA); PPP impact assessment; Waste collection and transport; Waste management planning

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARCINOGEN; FOSSIL FUEL; GLASS; METAL; MINERAL;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEREGULATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; ITALY; LAND USE; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; ORGANIC WASTE; OZONE LAYER; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RECYCLING; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EID: 67349279588     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0061-0     Document Type: Article

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