Life cycle assessment of phosphorus alternatives for Swedish agriculture

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-39

  Linderholm, Kersti ^a   Tillman, Anne Marie ^b   Mattsson, Jan Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Fertiliser; Life cycle assessment; Phosphorus; Sewage sludge; Struvite

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CADMIUM CONTENT; ENERGY DEMANDS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOSPHATE ROCKS; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; STRUVITES;

CADMIUM; CULTIVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; FERTILIZER; MINERAL FERTILIZER; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; STRUVITE; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CERTIFIED SEWAGE SLUDGE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MINING; NUTRIENT; PRECIPITATION; SLUDGE; SWEDEN; TILLAGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84863505219     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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