Historical evolution of anthropogenic aluminum stocks and flows in Italy

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Ciacci, Luca ^a,b   Chen, Weiqiang ^b   Passarini, Fabrizio ^a   Eckelman, Matthew ^c   Vassura, Ivano ^a   Morselli, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum recycling; In use stock; Material flow analysis; Scrap generation; SFA; Top down approach

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM RECYCLING; IN-USE STOCK; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; SCRAP GENERATION; SFA; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ALUMINA; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTAINERS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MACHINERY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; HISTORICAL RECORD; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MODELING; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; ITALY; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS HANDLING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RESERVOIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TREND STUDY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ITALY;

EID: 84872246159     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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