Utilization of recovered wood in cascades versus utilization of primary wood—a comparison with life cycle assessment using system expansion

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1755-1766

  Höglmeier, Karin ^a   Weber Blaschke, Gabriele ^a   Richter, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascading; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Particleboard; Recovered wood; System expansion; Waste wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904275023     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0774-6     Document Type: Article

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