Use of life cycle assessment as decision-support tool for water reuse and handling of residues at a Danish industrial laundry

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 334-345

  Jørgensen, Kim Riisgaard ^a,b   Villanueva, Alejandro ^a   Wenzel, Henrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disposal of residues; Industrial sludge; Industrial water recycling; Life cycle assessment; Membrane concentrate; Wmr 675 3

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; INCINERATION; LAUNDERING; WASTEWATER; WATER RECYCLING;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RESIDUE HANDELING MANAGEMENT; WORKWEARS;

WATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; HEAVY METAL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAUNDRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; MINERALIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VITRIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; LAUNDERING; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 7244257404     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X04046489     Document Type: Article

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