Plastics recycling: Insights into life cycle impact assessment methods

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Rajendran, S ^a   Hodzic, A ^a   Scelsi, L ^a   Hayes, S ^a   Soutis, C ^a   AlMa'adeed, M ^a   Kahraman, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental concerns; Global warming; Life cycle assessment; Mechanical recycling; Plastic wastes; Polymer recycling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MECHANICAL RECYCLING; PLASTIC WASTES; POLYMER RECYCLING;

AGGREGATES; ELASTOMERS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RECYCLING;

EID: 84873848809     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743289812Y.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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