Life Cycle Assessment in the Print Industry: A Critical Review Bousquin et al., Life Cycle Assessment in the Print Industry Journal of Industrial Ecology

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Bousquin, Justin ^a   Gambeta, Eni ^a   Esterman, Marcos ^a   Rothenberg, Sandra ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional unit; Imaging; Impact assessment; Industrial ecology; ISO 14000; Publishing

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER MARKET; CRITICAL REVIEW; DATA SOURCE; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; HIGH POTENTIAL; IMAGING EQUIPMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; ISO 14000; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRINT INDUSTRY; PRINTING DEVICES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PUBLISHING; STANDARDIZATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIPMENT; IMAGING METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEDIA INDUSTRY; PUBLISHING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84860519291     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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