Product clustering for closed loop recycling of flame retardant plastics: A case study for flat screen TVs

Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 383-388

  Peeters, Jef R ^a   Vanegas, Paul ^a,b   Devoldere, Tom ^c   Dewulf, Wim ^a,d   Duflou, Joost R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c TP Vision   (Belgium)

^d Group T International University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flame retardant plastics; LCD TVs; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; LIFE CYCLE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SCREENS (SIZING);

CLOSED LOOPS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; END OF LIVES; FLAME-RETARDANT PLASTICS; FLAT SCREENS; INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATION; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 84926148004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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