End-of-life management of shoes and the role of biodegradable materials

Proceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 497-502

  Staikos, Theodoros ^a   Heath, Richard ^a   Haworth, Barry ^a   Rahimifard, Shahin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradable Materials; End of Life Management; Shoes

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; SHOE MANUFACTURE;

BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; END OF LIFE MANAGEMENTS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH; REUSE AND RECYCLING; SHOES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85075830492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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