Environmental impacts, water footprint and cumulative energy demand of match industry in Pakistan.

A comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted for the matchsticks industry in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan to quantify environmental footprint, water footprint, cumulative energy use, and to identify improvement opportunities in the matchsticks manufacturing process. One c...

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Main Authors: Najeeb Ullah, Syeda Asma Bano, Ume Habiba, Maimoona Sabir, Andleeb Akhtar, Samreen Ramzan, Ayesha Shoukat, Muhammad Israr, Sher Shah, Syed Moazzam Nizami, Majid Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251928