Broadening GHG accounting with LCA: Application to a waste management business unit

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 885-893

  Fallaha, Sophie ^a   Martineau, Geneviève ^a   Bécaert, Valérie ^a   Margni, Manuele ^a   Deschênes, Louise ^a   Samson, Réjean ^a   Aoustin, Emmanuelle ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas accounting; Impact assessment; Life cycle assessment; System boundaries; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTINGS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE THINKING; SYSTEM BOUNDARY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 72549113976     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09352505     Document Type: Article

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