The civic amenity sites are facilities for selective collection where citizens have to remove those special domestic wastes that require to be managed apart from other household waste (furniture, rubble, electrical appliances, ...

Several products with different characteristics and uses are usually obtained from oil refining process (olefins, propane, butane, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, paraffin, asphalt, etc.). Allocation of proportional impacts ...

Oil hydrotreating units in refineries are aimed at reducing the sulfur content of fuels to accomplish standard particular specifications. However, this process is currently one of the best available technologies to produce ...

The term ‘impact of land use’ has been used in the field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to denote environmental impacts relating to the occupation and physical transformation of land areas. This paper presents a detailed ...

Spain is one of the major producers of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the European Union, however, presents a low level of C&D waste recovery (about 17%) which is well below the target level established by the ...

The use of statistical values or environmental measurement results does not suffice to reflect the environmental impact of the sectors of transport and agriculture. Despite its large incidence upon sustainability, ...

The role of Authorized Treatment Facilities (ATFs) for end-of-life (EOL) vehicles within the recycling chain is to take charge of decontaminating and disassembling EOL vehicles, thus enabling the reuse, recycling or ...

The European eco-label is the official labeling scheme common to all member states of the EU whereby environmentally-friendly products are identified. Products that apply for this ecolabel have to meet a number of environmental ...

The high competitiveness of the ceramic tile market in recent times has created the need to incorporate added value into products, not just in terms of quality, but also in the form of environmental friendliness and care ...

The land use by human beings is the main direct cause of lots of impact in production systems. The term land use is traditionally used to show a classification of human activities that land surface hold. In the field of ...