Resource recovery from post-consumer waste: important lessons for the upcoming circular economy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 342-353

  Singh, Jagdeep ^a   Ordoñez, Isabel ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Post consumer waste; Product design; Product study; Re manufacturing; Resource recovery

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; NATURAL RESOURCES; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RECOVERY;

CIRCULAR ECONOMY; POST CONSUMER WASTES; PRODUCT STUDIES; RE-MANUFACTURING; RESOURCE RECOVERY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84969975684     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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