Internal cycle modeling and environmental assessment of multiple cycle consumer products

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-193

  Tsiliyannis, C A ^a  

^a ANION Environmental Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Closed loop manufacturing; Consumer product flows; Environmental policy; Remanufacturing; Reuse recycling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLOW; CLOSED-LOOP MANUFACTURING; CONSUMER DEMANDS; CYCLE RATE; CYCLING FREQUENCIES; DIGITAL CODING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; IMPACT REDUCTION; INTERNAL FLOWS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RECYCLING RATE; REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTS; REMANUFACTURING; REUSE/RECYCLING; VIRGIN MATERIALS; WASTE PRODUCTION;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; MANUFACTURE; RATING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 80055112542     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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