Sewage sludge/biomass ash based products for sustainable construction

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-124

  Pavšič, Primož ^a   Mladenovič, Ana ^a   Mauko, Alenka ^a   Kramar, Sabina ^a   Dolenec, Matej ^b   Vončina, Ernest ^c   Pavšič Vrtač, Katarina ^b   Bukovec, Peter ^b  

^a SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cleaner production; Composite construction material; Industrial ecology; Sewage sludge stabilization; Sustainable development; Waste minimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894034673     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.034     Document Type: Article

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