Who gets the benefits? An approach for assessing the environmental performance of industrial symbiosis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 263-271

  Martin, Michael ^a   Svensson, Niclas ^a   Eklund, Mats ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

By product; Environmental performance; Industrial symbiosis; Integration; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; BYPRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATION;

ALLOCATION METHODS; BUSINESS RELATIONS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS NETWORK; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REFERENCE SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84929955826     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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