A historical perspective of Global Warming Potential from Municipal Solid Waste Management

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1926-1933

  Habib, Komal ^a   Schmidt, Jannick H ^b   Christensen, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global Warming Potential (GWP); Historical development; Incineration technology; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INCINERATION TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMPOSTING; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSTING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AALBORG; DENMARK; NORDJYLLAND;

EID: 84881367579     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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