Life cycle assessment of post-consumer plastics production from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) treatment residues in a Central European plastics recycling plant

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-167

  Wäger, Patrick A ^a   Hischier, Roland ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

LCA; Life cycle assessment; Post consumer plastics; Recycling; Waste electrical and electronic equipment; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POST-CONSUMER; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

LIFE CYCLE;

PLASTIC; POST CONSUMER PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; INCINERATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INCINERATION; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84929630857     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.043     Document Type: Article

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