Life-cycle assessment of domestic and transboundary recycling of post-consumer PET bottles

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 590-597

  Nakatani, Jun ^a   Fujii, Minoru ^b   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^b   Hirao, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background parameter; China; Domestic recycling; Japan; Post consumer PET bottle; Substituted virgin product; Transboundary recycling; Variability

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOSSIL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; JAPAN; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956459426     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0189-y     Document Type: Article

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