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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816773703321

Titolo

Special issue on woodtech - first international conference on environmentally compatible forest products / / Guest editor, Dr. Fernando Caldeira Jorge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004

ISBN

1-280-51434-5

9786610514342

1-84544-170-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Collana

Management of Environmental Quality: an international journal. No. 5 ; ; Vol. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

Caldeira JorgeFernando

Disciplina

338.1

338.18

Soggetti

Sustainable agriculture

Environmental sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Abstracts and keywords; Editorial; Evaluation of the environmental performance of printing and writing paper using life cycle assessment; Minimizing the environmental burden of oil palm trunk residues through the development of laminated veneer lumber products; Application of pine bark as a sorbent for organic pollutants in effluents; Capturing the arsenic fraction of CCA treated waste wood in the solid instead of in the gas phase during pyrolysis; General waste handling and recycling in particleboard production

Toxicity of pine resin derivatives to subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)Eco-efficient wood protection Furfurylated wood as alternative to traditional wood preservation; News from the Net; News; Books and resources; Diary; Feature

Sommario/riassunto

The paper identifies and assesses the potential environmental burdens associated with the life cycle of printing and writing paper produced in Portugal from Eucalyptus globulus and consumed in Germany. Life cycle assessment methodology is applied in accordance with International Organization for Standardization standards. The life cycle



of printing and writing paper covers the following stages: forest, pulp production, paper production, final disposal, energy production, chemical production and transports. The results suggest that pulp production processes have an important contribution to wat