Environmental consequences of recycling aluminum old scrap in a global market

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-103

  Sevigné Itoiz, Eva ^a,b   Gasol, Carles M ^a,c   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,b   Gabarrell, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consequential life cycle assessment (CLCA); Greenhouse gases (GHG); International trade; Material flow analysis (MFA); Spain

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM RECYCLING; CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); MARKET INTERACTIONS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS; SPAIN;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALUMINUM; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARKET; RECYCLING; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 84904344853     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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