Environmental and economic assessment of a road safety product made with virgin and recycled HDPE: A comparative study

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-215

  L Simões, Carla ^a   Costa Pinto, Lígia M ^a   Bernardo, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anti Glare Lamellae; Externalities; Life Cycle Assessment; Life Cycle Costing; Plastics; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLARE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PLASTIC RECYCLING; POLYPROPYLENES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

'CURRENT; ANTI GLARES; ANTI-GLARE LAMELLA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTERNALITY; HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INTEGRATED MODELING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; RECYCLING;

LIFE CYCLE;

POLYETHYLENE; RECYCLED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGIN HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GUIDELINE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; ROAD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ANTI GLARE LAMELLA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84871746490     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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