LCA and multicriteria evaluation of solid waste recycling

4th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, ISEIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 118-129

  Chang, Shoou Yuh ^a   Kumar, Bindiganaville ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Environmental impact; LCA; Recycling; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IRON; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS HANDLING; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AHP; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 77956964783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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