Incorporating lean thinking and life cycle assessment to reduce environmental impacts of plastic injection moulded products
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of Scotland
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 14621048
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.208
- Title of journal
- Journal of Cleaner Production
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- First page
- 759
- Volume
- 167
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0959-6526
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This research work is attributed towards evaluating environmental impacts of product reusability decisions. The research work is significant, because it provided carbon footprint assessment methodology, which provides a basis for initial framework for comparing (re-use v/s re-make) decision for major streetlight housing replacement project undertaken by Glasgow City Council (GCC). The outcomes for this research work have assisted Glasgow City council to reassess and hold plans to procure LED street light housing from China. The project collaborator Weee Scotland Ltd has confirmed the economic and environmental impact through remanufacturing street-light housing by extending product utilisation.
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- Non-English
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