End-of-Life in the railway sector: Analysis of recyclability and recoverability for different vehicle case studies

Waste Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 439-450

  Delogu, Massimo ^a   Del Pero, Francesco ^a   Berzi, Lorenzo ^a   Pierini, Marco ^a   Bonaffini, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Hitachi Rail Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dismantling; End of Life; Railway; Recoverability; Recyclability; Rolling stock; Train

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOCOMOTIVES; MANUFACTURE; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RAILROADS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

DISMANTLING; END OF LIVES; RAILWAY; RECOVERABILITY; RECYCLABILITY; TRAIN;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

ELASTOMER; GLASS; MINERAL; POLYMER; METAL;

EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; RAILWAY; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAIN; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CERAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RAILWAY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENT; METALS; RAILROADS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84995511497     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.034     Document Type: Article

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