Material resources, energy, and nutrient recovery from waste: Are waste refineries the solution for the future?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8962-8969

  Tonini, Davide ^a   Martinez Sanchez, Veronica ^a   Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS (LCA); ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REFINING; TECHNOLOGY;

WASTE INCINERATION;

PHOSPHORUS;

BIOREACTOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DENMARK;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84881452086     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400998y     Document Type: Article

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