A screening life cycle metric to benchmark the environmental sustainability of waste management systems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5949-5955

  Kaufman, Scott M ^a   Krishnan, Nikhil ^a   Themelis, Nickolas J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GENERATION RATE; GOAL-ORIENTED; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLABLE MATERIAL; RECYCLED MATERIALS; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SCREENING LEVEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WASTE TO ENERGY;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; METAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE CONSERVATION EFFICIENCY; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EFFICIENCY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

CALIFORNIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HONOLULU; OAHU; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955113716     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100505u     Document Type: Article

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