Plastic wastes recovery

This paper analyses the difficulties of the two traditional plastics waste recovery routes, energy recovery and mechanical recycling, and goes on to introduce a third... 

Leidner, J. Plastics Waste. Recovery of Economic Value Dekker iJew Tfork, 1981. 

Plastics Waste Recovery of Economic Value, Jacob Leidner... 

Figure 3.2 Plastics waste recovery in Western Europe 1989-1994 (Source APME, 1994).

J. Leidner, Plastics Waste Recovery of Economy Value, Dekker, New York, 1981. 

I. Plastics Waste Recovery of Economic Value, Jacob Leidner 2. Polyester Molding Compoimds, Robert Bums... 

There are guidelines for the recovery and recycling of plastics waste (78). The standard ISO 15270 2008 provides a guideline for the development of standards and specifications covering plastics waste recovery, including recycling. 

Plastic waste is classified into several subcategories in the USEPA compilation and the fraction of specific resins in each, identified. It is instmctive to study the data (despite their limited reliability) to identify which types of plastics are prevalent in the MSW stream. Table 9.1 shows that four resins (low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), HDPE, and PET) dominate the plastics fraction in the MSW. Of these, the PET and HDPE are recycled to a significant extent (at 28% and 6% respectively). Majority of the plastic wastes however is landfiUed. The United States lags behind European countries such as Sweden, Austria, Belgium, and Germany as well as Japan in plastics waste recovery. 

L. Leibler, Macromolecules 13, 1602 (1980) Makromol. Chem., Macromol, Symp. 16, 1 (1988) J. Leidner, PLASTIC WASTE, Recovery of Economic Value (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1981)... 

Plastics waste recovery, with the exception of PET, from the waste stream is to be made compulsory. Plastics waste is subjected to a series of sensors that sort the type and colour further inspection ensures no PVC contamination. 

Desamauts, J. (1995) Plastic Waste Recovery - Objectives for the year 2002. Presentation Recycle 95 Conference, Davos. 

Figure 10.1 Plastic waste recovery routes in Europe in 1999. Source APME, 2001)...

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