Effects of waste recovery on carbon footprint: A case study of the Gulf of Bothnia steel and zinc industries

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1857-1864

  Salmi, Olli ^a   Wierink, Maaria ^b  

^a Eero Paloheimo Ecocity Ltd   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; Life cycle inventory; Steelmaking; Waste recovery

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; FINLAND; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MODEL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RAW MATERIAL EXTRACTION; REGIONAL SCALE; ROTARY HEARTH FURNACES; SIMILAR CASE; SINGLE PLANTS; STEELMAKING DUST; TEMPORAL SCALE; WASTE RECOVERIES; WASTE RECOVERY; ZINC INDUSTRY;

BLAST FURNACES; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINERIES; RAW MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLAGS; STEELMAKING; STEELMAKING FURNACES; ZINC;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 80052037322     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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