Environmental impact assessment of composites containing recycled plastics

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-139

  Rajendran, Saravanan ^a   Scelsi, Lino ^a   Hodzic, Alma ^a   Soutis, Constantinos ^a   Al Maadeed, Mariam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Green house gas emission; Recycled plastics; Resource depletion; Sustainable composites

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; EQUIVALENT STIFFNESS; FLAX FIBRES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; RECYCLED PLASTICS; RECYCLING RATE; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; USING LIFE;

ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FLAX; GAS EMISSIONS; GLASS FIBERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; LINEN; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; YARN;

PLASTICS APPLICATIONS;

GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC;

COMPOSITE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84856182086     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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