Are Cellulose Nanofibers a Solution for a More Circular Economy of Paper Products?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12206-12213

  Delgado Aguilar, Marc ^a   Tarrés, Quim ^a   Pèlach, M Àngels ^a   Mutjé, Pere ^a   Fullana I Palmer, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNESCO Department of Life Cycle and Climate Change   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL PROPULSION; DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HARDWOODS; LIFE CYCLE; NANOFIBERS; PULP REFINING; RECYCLING; REFINING;

BLEACHED KRAFT; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MECHANICAL REFINING; NUMBER OF CYCLES; PAPER ANALYSIS; RECYCLING PROCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CELLULOSE; NANOFIBER; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CELLULOSE; DURABILITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION; PAPER; PAPER INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; HARDWOOD PULPS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PAPER PRODUCTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REFINING;

CELLULOSE; ELECTRICITY; LIGNIN; NANOFIBERS; PAPER; RECYCLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84945291047     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02676     Document Type: Article

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