Influence of assumptions about household waste composition in waste management LCAs

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-219

  Slagstad, Helene ^a   Brattebø, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Household waste; LCA; Uncertainty; Waste composition

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; HUMAN TOXICITY; LCA; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY FACTORS; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WATER IMPACT;

GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CITIES; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; NORWAY; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84872413563     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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