Environmental performance and energy recovery potential of five processes for municipal solid waste treatment

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-240

  Arafat, Hassan A ^a   Jijakli, Kenan ^a   Ahsan, Amimul ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Energy; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Modeling; Municipal solid waste; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GASIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; PLASTIC RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILES; WASTE INCINERATION;

ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); TREATMENT PROCESS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84938197155     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.071     Document Type: Article

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