Sustainability assessment of red sand as a substitute for virgin sand and crushed limestone

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 756-762

  Biswas, Wahidul K ^a   Cooling, David ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

By product; Industrial ecology; Road construction; Top dressing; Triple bottom line (TBL) analysis; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; BYPRODUCTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSES; LIMESTONE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SAND;

EID: 84885484509     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12030     Document Type: Article

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