Improvement actions in waste management systems at the provincial scale based on a life cycle assessment evaluation

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2568-2578

  Rigamonti, L ^a   Falbo, A ^a   Grosso, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; LCA; Lombardia Region; Material recovery; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOMBARDIA REGION; MATERIAL RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EUROPEAN UNION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

ENERGY RECOVERY; LCA; LOMBARDIA REGION; MATERIAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ITALY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885187106     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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