Review of life cycle assessment on polyolefins and related materials

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 159-168

  Rajendran, S ^a   Hodzic, A ^a   Soutis, C ^a   Al Maadeed, Mariam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

LCA; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Recycled plastics

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; GREEN PRODUCTS; KEYPOINTS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MARKET SHARE; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; OPTIMISATIONS; RECYCLED PLASTICS;

COMPETITION; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANUFACTURE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84863675937     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743289811Y.0000000051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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