Are Cradle to Cradle certified products environmentally preferable? Analysis from an LCA approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 243-250

  Llorach Massana, Pere ^a,b   Farreny, Ramon ^a,c   Oliver Solà, Jordi ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cradle to cradle (C2C); Ecolabelling; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Product sustainability; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LABELS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CRADLE TO CRADLES; ECO-LABELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84926143642     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.032     Document Type: Article

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