Comparisons of four categories of waste recycling in China's paper industry based on physical input-output life-cycle assessment model

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 603-612

  Liang, Sai ^a   Zhang, Tianzhu ^a   Xu, Yijian ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Academy of Urban Planning and Design   (China)

Author keywords

Input output model; Life cycle assessment; Material flows; Paper production; Waste recycling

Indexed keywords

INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL FLOWS; PAPER PRODUCTION; WASTE RECYCLING;

BAGASSE; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; PAPER; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PAPERMAKING; RATING; RECYCLING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL INPUT OUTPUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; RECYCLING; UNCERTAINTY;

BAGASSE; FARM CROPS; FOREIGN TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; PAPER; PAPER MAKING; RATING; RECYCLING; TEXTILES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WOOD;

CHINA;

EID: 84856335872     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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