Evaluation of the Metals Industry's Position on Recycling and its Implications for Environmental Emissions

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-333

  Mcmillan, Colin A ^a   Skerlos, Steven J ^a   Keoleian, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; End of life; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Recycling allocation; Scrap

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; END OF LIVES; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; HIGH RATE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); METALS INDUSTRIES; METALS RECYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECYCLING POTENTIAL; SCRAP; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS;

ALUMINUM; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; METAL DRAWING; METALS; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

ALUMINUM; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; METALS INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; STAKEHOLDER; VALUATION;

EID: 84861830060     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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