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Carbon footprinting, labelling and life cycle assessment

  • LIFE CYCLE PERFORMANCE OF ALUMINIUM APPLICATIONS • COMMENTARY
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  1. Product Ecology, Hydro Aluminium, Rolled Products, Köln, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Schmidt

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Special issue “Life Cycle Performance of Aluminium Applications”

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Schmidt, HJ. Carbon footprinting, labelling and life cycle assessment. Int J Life Cycle Assess 14 (Suppl 1), 6–9 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-009-0071-y

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