Environmental assessment of a sugar cane bagasse food tray produced by roots biopack-results of a shortcut-life cycle assessment

Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-152

  Roes, Alexander Louis ^a   Patel, Martin Kumar ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bagasse tray; Climate change; Life cycle assessment; Sugar cane bagasse

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC DEPLETION; CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOULDED PULP; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; POLYLACTIDES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUGAR CANE BAGASSE; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; WIND ENERGY;

ACIDIFICATION; BAGASSE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RATING; SUGAR CANE; SUGARS; THERMOPLASTICS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND POWER;

LIFE CYCLE;

ACIDIFICATION; BAGASSE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY; EUTROPHICATION; RATING; SUGAR CANE; THERMOPLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND;

EID: 79956122435     PISSN: 15566560     EISSN: 15566579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2011.1127     Document Type: Article

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