Automobile Shredder Residues in Italy: Characterization and valorization opportunities

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1548-1559

  Fiore, S ^a   Ruffino, B ^a   Zanetti, M C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR); Car fluff; End of Life Vehicles (ELVs); Recovery; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SHREDDER RESIDUE; CAR FLUFF; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DEPOLLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; EUROPEAN UNION REGULATIONS; HEAVY METALS CONTENT; HIGH QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL TESTS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MATERIAL RECOVERY; SHREDDING PLANTS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS;

HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECOVERY; RECYCLING;

AUTOMOBILES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AUTOMOBILE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EUROPEAN UNION; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; VEHICLE COMPONENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; LANDFILL; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

ITALY; METALS; MOTOR VEHICLES; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84863188623     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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