Analysis of material recovery facilities for use in life-cycle assessment

Waste Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 307-317

  Pressley, Phillip N ^a   Levis, James W ^a   Damgaard, Anders ^b   Barlaz, Morton A ^a   DeCarolis, Joseph F ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Material recovery facility; Municipal solid waste; Recycling

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; GLASS; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COMBINATION OF EQUIPMENTS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; WASTE COMPOSITION;

FACILITIES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE-TO-ENERGY; COST; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

POLYGALA INCARNATA;

SOLID WASTE;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84919681491     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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