Biopolymer from industrial residues: Life cycle assessment of poly(hydroxyalkanoates) from whey

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-71

  Koller, Martin ^a,b   Sandholzer, Daniel ^a   Salerno, Anna ^a   Braunegg, Gerhart ^b   Narodoslawsky, Michael ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b ARENA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ressourcenschonende and Nachhaltige Technologien   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bio based plastics; Life cycle assessment; Poly(hydroxyalkanoates); Surplus materials; Sustainable process index; Whey

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDICES; WHEY;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ELASTOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOPOLYMER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WHEY;

EID: 84874642936     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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