Life cycle assessment of one-way and pooled pallet alternatives

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 414-419

  Bengtsson, Jonas ^a   Logie, James ^a  

^a Edge Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; China; China merchants loscam; Life cycle assessment; Pallets; Pooling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HARDWOODS; PALLETS;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CHINA MERCHANTS LOSCAM; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POOLING;

LIFE CYCLE;

CHINA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PALLETS;

EID: 84939610798     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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