LCA comparison of container systems in municipal solid waste management

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 949-957

  Rives, Jesús ^a   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,b   Gabarrell, Xavier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE LAYER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEEL CONTAINERS; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; OZONE LAYER DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION; PLANNING AND DESIGN;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

POLYETHYLENE; STEEL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REPOSITORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951252552     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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