Life cycle assessment of TV sets in China: A case study of the impacts of CRT monitors

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1926-1936

  Song, Qingbin ^a   Wang, Zhishi ^a   Li, Jinhui ^b   Zeng, Xianlai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; CRT monitor; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; TV sets

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CRT MONITORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); TV SETS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CHINA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TELEVISION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84866158787     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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