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Environmental and Socioeconomic Analysis of Producing Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil in Rio de Janeiro

The Case of the Copacabana District

  1. Dejair de Pontes Souza,
  2. Fabrício Molica Mendonça,
  3. Kátia Regina Alves Nunes,
  4. Rogerio Valle

Article first published online: 27 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00517.x

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Journal of Industrial Ecology

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Special Issue: Greening Growing Giants

Volume 16, Issue 4, pages 655–664, August 2012

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de Pontes Souza, D., Mendonça, F. M., Alves Nunes, K. R. and Valle, R. (2012), Environmental and Socioeconomic Analysis of Producing Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil in Rio de Janeiro. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16: 655–664. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00517.x

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*Rogerio Valle, SAGE (Laboratório de Sistemas Avançados de Gestão da Produção), COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68507, CEP 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil. Email:rogerio.valle@sage.coppe.ufrj.br., Web:http://www.sage.coppe.ufrj.br

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  2. Article first published online: 27 JUL 2012

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