Measuring the reduction limit of repeated recycling – a case study of the paper flow system

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-107

  Chen, Pi Cheng ^a   Chiu, Ming Cheng ^a   Ma, Hwong wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Life cycle stages; Lifetimes; Markov chain modeling; Material flow analysis; Recycling limit

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES; RECYCLING; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SUPPLY CHAINS; THROUGHPUT;

LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFETIMES; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW SYSTEM; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK; SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84928910787     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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