Assessing environmental sustainability of particleboard production process by ecological footprint

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 301-308

  Saravia Cortez, A M ^a   Herva, M ^a   Garcia Dieguez C ^a   Roca, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Environmental sustainability; Particleboard; Recycled wood waste

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MATERIAL RESOURCES; PARTICLEBOARD PRODUCTION; RECYCLED MATERIALS; RECYCLED WOOD; ROUNDWOODS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RECYCLING; WOOD WASTES;

PARTICLE BOARD;

EID: 84878381324     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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