A life cycle assessment of the closed-loop recycling and thermal recovery of post-consumer PET

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1241-1249

  Chilton, Tom ^a   Burnley, Stephen ^a   Nesaratnam, Suresh ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; PET; Recycling; Thermal recovery

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLLUTION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ENERGY FROM WASTES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; NON-RECYCLABLE WASTE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL RECOVERY; WASTE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHTHALATE; POLYMER; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; RESIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING;

EID: 77955849107     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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