From incremental to fundamental substitution in chemical alternatives assessment

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Fantke, Peter ^a   Weber, Roland ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical alternatives assessment; Consumer products; Fundamental substitution; Green Chemistry; Hazardous substances phase out; Life cycle impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957868161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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