Polymer Recycling: Science, Technology and Applications [Hardcover]

John Scheirs (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471970549 | ISBN-13: 978-0471970545 | Publication Date: September 9, 1998 | Edition: 1

Provides an overview of state-of-the-art recycling techniques together with current and potential applications.
* Presents material that is normally only available in the form of conference proceedings
* Includes flow charts detailing the recycling process
* Helps identify the problems encountered in the recycling of polymers
* Presents pie graphs and photographs of commercial outlets
A comprehensive volume which will prove to be invaluable for polymer manufacturers, recyclers and marketers as well as environmental authorities and materials engineers.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The last six years have seen a great shift in plastics recycling from the mechanical recycling of the early nineties towards a more integrated approach in which feedstock recycling and the recovery of incineration energy is encouraged. Based on extensive research of the international recycling industry, this book describes technological advances in polymer recycling from the sorting stage through to recycling processes and end-use applications; provides an overview of state-of-the-art recycling techniques with current and potential applications and draws together and consolidates literature in this rapidly growing field. Due to widespread growing concern over the contribution of plastics to environmental pollution, a book which does all of the above is long overdue. In the US and Europe the recycling of polymers is a major political issue and has become an expanding commercial activity. Dr. Scheirs places significant emphasis on the recycling of automobile tyres, polyurethane foams, carpets, engineering plastics and fibre-reinforced composites, all of which had been previously thought to be hard to recycle.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 614 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471970549
• ISBN-13: 978-0471970545
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,730,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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