Environmental assessment of recycled printing and writing paper: A case study in China

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-270

  Hong, Jinglan ^a   Li, Xiangzhi ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Uncertainty analysis; Wastepaper pulp; Wood pulp; Writing paper

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INORGANICS; KEY FACTORS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRINTING AND WRITING PAPERS; TAYLOR SERIES EXPANSIONS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; WASTEPAPER PULP; WOOD PULP; WRITING PAPER;

CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; PAPER; PRINTING; PULP; RATING; SOLID WASTES; TAYLOR SERIES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE PAPER; WASTE TREATMENT; WOOD;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARCINOGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEPAPER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NON RENEWABLE ENERGY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE PAPER; WOOD PULP;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PAPER; PRINTING; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY; WOOD;

CARCINOGENS; COMBUSTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PAPER; PRINTING; PULPS; RATING; RAW MATERIALS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; WASTE PAPERS; WOOD;

CHINA;

EID: 82655187205     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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