Environmental analysis of cork granulate production in Catalonia - Northern Spain

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-142

  Rives, Jesús ^a   Fernandez Rodriguez, Ivan ^b   Gabarrell, Xavier ^a,c   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b Catalan Cork Institute   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cork granulate; Ecomaterial; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; CORK GRANULATE; DIESEL OIL; ECO-MATERIALS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; INVENTORY DATA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN; NATURAL CORK; NON-RENEWABLE; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; RENEWABLE MATERIALS; SOURCES OF ENERGY; STANDARD TECHNOLOGY; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

DIESEL FUELS; DUST; ENERGY CONVERSION; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORK GRANULATE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL STATE; OAK; PLANT PRODUCT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

CORK; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; FORESTRY; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WASTES;

CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 82255161813     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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