Sustainable resource use requires "clean cycles" and safe "final sinks"

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 819-822

  Kral, Ulrich ^a   Kellner, Katharina ^a   Brunner, Paul H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clean cycle; Final sink; Recycling strategy; Substance flow analysis; Waste management

Indexed keywords

DETRIMENTAL SUBSTANCES; FINAL SINK; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; RECYCLING STRATEGY; SECONDARY PRODUCT; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RECYCLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CLEAN CYCLE; FINAL SINK; RECYCLING STRATEGY; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84881255071     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.094     Document Type: Article

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