Life cycle indicators for monitoring the environmental performance of European waste management

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-16

  Manfredi, Simone ^a   Goralczyk, Malgorzata ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Life Cycle Thinking; Waste management indicators

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; RESEARCH CENTRES; SECONDARY PRODUCT; WASTE CATEGORIES; WASTE COMPOSITION;

ASH HANDLING; CHAINS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LIFE CYCLE; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASH; CALCULATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; PAPER; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84889098873     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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