Emissions from US waste collection vehicles

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1079-1089

  Maimoun, Mousa A ^a   Reinhart, Debra R ^a   Gammoh, Fatina T ^b   McCauley Bush, Pamela ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Quality Department   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Cost; Emissions; Fuel life cycle; GHG; Waste collection vehicles

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL TECHNOLOGIES; COLLECTION VEHICLES; CONSTANT SPEED; DRIVING CYCLE; EMISSION FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; GHG; WASTE COLLECTION;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REFUSE COLLECTION; SOLID WASTES; WHEELS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; EXHAUST GAS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUEL LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE; CAR DRIVING; ECONOMICS; EXHAUST GAS; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

UNITED STATES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; NEW YORK CITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84877635146     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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