Is phytoremediation without biomass valorization sustainable? - Comparative LCA of landfilling vs. anaerobic co-digestion

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 844-850

  Vigil, Miguel ^a   Marey Pérez, Manuel F ^b   Martinez Huerta, Gemma ^a   Álvarez Cabal, Valeriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogas; Contaminated soil; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Melilotus alba; Phytoremediation; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS INDUSTRY; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS SUBSTITUTES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; REMEDIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MELILOTUS ALBA; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

BIOGAS; LEAD; NATURAL GAS; BIOFUEL; HEAVY METAL; SOIL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; NATURAL GAS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS VALORIZATION; CASE STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRISTINE SOIL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; AGRICULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MELILOTUS ALBA;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SPAIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84911164436     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.047     Document Type: Article

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