Environmental evaluation of plastic waste management scenarios

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-53

  Rigamonti, L ^a   Grosso, M ^a   Moller J ^b   Martinez Sanchez, V ^b   Magnani, S ^a   Christensen, T H ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; Life cycle assessment; Material recovery; Municipal waste; Plastics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MARGINAL ELECTRICITIES; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE;

GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTICS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL; FUEL; METAL; NATURAL GAS; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84894662597     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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