Comprehensive analysis and quantification of national plastic flows: The case of Austria

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 117, Issue , 2017, Pages 183-194

  Van Eygen, Emile ^a   Feketitsch, Julia ^a   Laner, David ^a   Rechberger, Helmut ^b   Fellner, Johann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; MFA; Plastics; Resource management; Uncertainty; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CEMENT INDUSTRY; ELASTOMERS; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AUSTRIA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PROCESSING CAPACITIES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

PLASTIC;

INCINERATION; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PLASTIC WASTE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BUDGET; BUILDING; CEMENT INDUSTRY; DATA ANALYSIS; FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PLASTIC FLOW; PACKAGING WASTE; RECYCLING; SYNTHESIS; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 85003698316     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.10.017     Document Type: Article

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