Life cycle assessment of alternative technologies for municipal solid waste and plastic solid waste management in the Greater London area

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages 391-402

  Al Salem, S M ^a   Evangelisti, S ^b   Lettieri, P ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogenation; Life cycle assessment; Petrochemicals; Plastic solid waste; Pyrolysis; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894107564     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.066     Document Type: Article

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