Used-cooking-oil biodiesel: Life cycle assessment and comparison with first- and third-generation biofuel

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) and exergetic life cycle assessment (ELCA) of the production of biodiesel from used cooking oil (UCO)

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The potential of waste cooking oil as supply for the Brazilian biodiesel chain

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Circular Bioeconomy in Action: Collection and Recycling of Domestic Used Cooking Oil through a Social, Reverse Logistics System

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Planning waste cooking oil collection systems

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Life Cycle Assessment for biodiesel production under Greek climate conditions

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Life cycle assessment of the environmental performance of conventional and organic methods of open field pepper cultivation system

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Assessing direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases in road transportation, taking into account the role of uncertainty in the emissions inventory

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Quality Characteristics of Biodiesel Produced from Used Cooking Oil in Southern Europe

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Comparative life cycle assessment of alternative strategies for energy recovery from used cooking oil

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Consequential life cycle assessment of automotive material substitution: Replacing steel with aluminum in production of north American vehicles

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Valorisation of high acid value waste cooking oil into biodiesel using supercritical methanolysis: Experimental assessment and statistical optimisation on typical Egyptian feedstock

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Incorporating uncertainty in the life cycle assessment of biodiesel from waste cooking oil addressing different collection systems

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Optimization of biodiesel production from waste lard by a two-step transesterification process under mild conditions

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Life cycle assessment of solar‐driven oxidation as a polishing step of secondary‐treated urban effluents

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Life cycle assessment of algae‐to‐biodiesel shallow pond production systems in the Mediterranean: influence of species, pond type, by(co)‐product valorisation and electricity mix

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Quality assessment of frying oils and fats from 63 restaurants in Athens, Greece

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Supply Chain Optimization of Biodiesel Produced from Waste Cooking Oil

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Green production of biodiesel over waste borosilicate glass derived catalyst and the process up-gradation in pilot scale

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Thermoeconomic Analysis of Biodiesel Production from Used Cooking Oils

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Life Cycle Assessment of Household Water Tanks—A Study of LLDPE, Mild Steel and RCC Tanks

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Experimental modeling and optimization of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil and ethanol using N,N′,N″-tris(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-guanidine as catalyst

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Movement Towards Circular Economy and E.U. Waste Management Regulation

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Environmental life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: A systematic review

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Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of sustainable bioenergy production: a review

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Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Production in the United States

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Performance analysis and optimization of thermal barrier coated piston diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel using RSM

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Used Cooked Oils in Sewage and Wastewater System: Qualitative Characterisation and Environmental Impacts Assessment in Different Discharge and Recovery Pathways

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Life cycle sustainability assessment of second generation biodiesel

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Sustainability assessment of the valorization scheme of used cooking oils (UCOs): the case study of Bogotá, Colombia

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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil-, UCO-, and Microalgae-Based Biodiesel Production

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Sustainable biodiesel from used cooking oil: a comparative life cycle, energy, and uncertainty analysis

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