Raw Materials Substitution Sustainability

This book is the first to propose a simplified quantitative approach to evaluating raw materials' substitution sustainability, which takes into account their embodied energy and CO2 footprint. In addition to the new quantitative model, it also presents qualitative concepts as well as a number o...

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Main Author Bontempi, Elza (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesSpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319608310
ISSN2191-530X
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-60831-0
Physical Description1 online resource (IX, 101 p. 43 illus., 41 illus. in color.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Raw materials and sustainable indicators
  • Case study in industrial processes: calcite and talc substitution in plastic composites
  • Case study in agriculture: commercial phosphate fertilizers substitution
  • The new approach to evaluate the sustainability of raw materials substitution.