Plastic waste management in the context of a European recycling society: Comparing results and uncertainties in a life cycle perspective

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-259

  Lazarevic, David ^a,b,c   Aoustin, Emmanuelle ^a   Buclet, Nicolas ^b   Brandt, Nils ^c  

^a Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; Plastic waste; Recycling; Waste hierarchy

Indexed keywords

CEMENT KILN; END-OF-LIFE; ENERGY RECOVERY; FEEDSTOCK RECYCLING; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LANDFILLING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MECHANICAL RECYCLING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATIONS; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; PLASTIC WASTE; PLASTIC WASTES; POST-CONSUMER; SINGLE POLYMERS; SOLID RECOVERED FUELS; VIRGIN MATERIALS; WASTE POLICY;

BRICKMAKING; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; GLOBAL WARMING; KILNS; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CEMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 78649319944     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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