Life cycle assessment of food waste management options

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-286

  Lundie, Sven ^a   Peters, Gregory M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composting; Decision making; Food waste processor; Landfill; Life cycle assessment; Organic waste

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND FILL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLID WASTES;

FOOD WASTE PROCESSOR; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ORGANIC WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 8344268591     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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