Eco-labels and eco-indices. Do they make sense?

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Boustead, Ian ^a   Yaros, Bernard R ^a   Papasavva, Stella ^b  

^a Boustead Consulting and Associates

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SOLID WASTES;

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION PROCESS; ECOLABELS; END OF LIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); VEHICLE COMPONENTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85072468200     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-1473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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