CO2ZW: Carbon footprint tool for municipal solid waste management for policy options in Europe. Inventory of Mediterranean countries

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 623-632

  Sevigne Itoiz E ^a,b   Gasol, C M ^b,c   Farreny, R ^b,c   Rieradevall, J ^a,b   Gabarrell, X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; GHG emissions; Waste policies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN PROJECT; GHG EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; WASTE POLICY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCESSIBILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GUIDELINE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION POLICY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875230810     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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