Wood waste management practices and strategies to increase sustainability standards in the Australian wooden furniture manufacturing sector

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1594-1602

  Daian, G ^a   Ozarska, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Recycling; Wood waste; Wooden furniture manufacture

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; PRODUCTION PROCESS; WOODEN FURNITURE MANUFACTURE;

RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FURNITURE MANUFACTURE;

FURNITURE; MANUFACTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD WASTE;

EID: 69649090866     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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