Life cycle assessments of wine and spirit packaging at the product and the municipal scale: A Toronto, Canada case study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-151

  Cleary, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Municipal scale; Packaging; Spirits; Wine

Indexed keywords

CITY OF TORONTO; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; FIELD RESEARCH; GLASS CONTAINERS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; IMPACT REDUCTION; INPUT DATAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; MUNICIPAL SCALE; PACKAGING SYSTEM; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE BOTTLES; RELATIVE IMPACT; SINGLE USE; SPIRITS; TORONTO , CANADA;

CONTAINER CLOSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLASS; GLASS BOTTLES; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SURVEYS; WINE;

PACKAGING;

EID: 84873677751     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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