Open-loop recycling: A LCA case study of PET bottle-to-fibre recycling

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-52

  Shen, Li ^a   Worrell, Ernst ^a   Patel, Martin K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical recycling; Environment impact; Flake; GHG emissions; LCA; Mechanical recycling; Open loop recycling; PET bottle; PET recycling

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENT IMPACT; FLAKE; GHG EMISSION; LCA; MECHANICAL RECYCLING; OPEN-LOOP RECYCLING; PET BOTTLES; PET RECYCLING;

BEVERAGES; BOTTLES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; FIBERS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; THERMOPLASTICS; TOXICITY;

RECYCLING;

MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MECHANICS; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77956939570     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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