Environmental management of bottom ash from municipal solid waste incineration based on a life cycle assessment approach

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1319-1328

  Margallo, María ^a   Aldaco, Rubén ^a   Irabien, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom ash; Incineration; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Municipal solid waste (MSW)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ASH HANDLING; ASHES; CEMENT INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GYPSUM; HEAVY METALS; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PORTLAND CEMENT; RECYCLING; SOLIDIFICATION; WASTE INCINERATION;

BOTTOM ASH; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); NATURAL AGGREGATE; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84921069111     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0761-4     Document Type: Article

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