End-of-life LCA allocation methods: open loop recycling impacts on robustness of material selection decisions

Materials selection decisions exhibit great influence on the environmental performance of firms through their impact on processing technology, product form, and supply chain configuration. Consequently, materials dictate a product's environmental profile via the burden associated with extractio...

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Main Authors: Nicholson, Anna L., Olivetti, Elsa A., Gregory, Jeremy, Field, Frank R., Kirchain, Randolph E., Jr.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60047
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-7768
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8043-2385