Life Cycle Assessment of Bio- and Petro-Chemical Adhesives Used in Fiberboard Production

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 537-544

  McDevitt, James E ^a   Grigsby, Warren J ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioadhesive; Life cycle assessment; Medium density fiberboard; Urea formaldehyde resin

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; PETROCHEMICALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UREA; UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

BIO ADHESIVES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT; VALUE PROPOSITION;

LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLYMER; RESIN; UREA;

EID: 84912049890     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: 15728919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-014-0677-4     Document Type: Article

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