Development of a methodology to assess the footprint of wastes

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Herva, Marta ^a   Hernando, Ramón ^a   Carrasco, Eugenio F ^a   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Indicator; Plasma gasification; Waste

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; CLOSED CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; INDICATOR; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMA GASIFICATION; PLASMA PROCESS; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

ECOLOGY; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PLASMAS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WASTES;

INDICATOR;

BIOINDICATOR; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASIFICATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METHODOLOGY; TOXIC WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT;

ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

EID: 77953206266     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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