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Plastic Waste and Recycling

Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions

1st Edition - March 10, 2020

Editor: Trevor Letcher

Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 8 8 0 - 5
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 8 8 1 - 2

Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions begins with an introduction to the different types of plastic materials, their uses,… Read more

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Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions begins with an introduction to the different types of plastic materials, their uses, and the concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle before examining plastic types, chemistry and degradation patterns that are organized by non-degradable plastic, degradable and biodegradable plastics, biopolymers and bioplastics. Other sections cover current challenges relating to plastic waste, explain the sources of waste and their routes into the environment, and provide systematic coverage of plastic waste treatment methods, including mechanical processing, monomerization, blast furnace feedstocks, gasification, thermal recycling, and conversion to fuel.

This is an essential guide for anyone involved in plastic waste or recycling, including researchers and advanced students across plastics engineering, polymer science, polymer chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable materials.