Interaction between new car design and recycling impact on life cycle assessment

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 426-431

  Soo, Vi Kie ^a   Compston, Paul ^a   Doolan, Matthew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life vehicles; Joining technologies; Life cycle assessment; Lightweight vehicle; Recycling efficiency; System dynamics; Waste

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRASHWORTHINESS; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; JOINING; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; VEHICLES; WASTES;

END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; JOINING TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RECYCLING EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84939611897     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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