Encyclopedia of environment and pollution control. / U.S. Environmental protection ...[et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: Mumbai : Jaico Pub., House, 2003Description: v. : ill. 24 cmISBN:- 8179921204
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Contents: v.1 Plastic wastes management, control, recycling, and disposal -- v.2 Medical waste management and disposal -- v.3 Hazardous materials and waste management : a guide for the professional hazards manager -- v.4 Approaches to implementing solid waste recycling facilities.
Part 1 emphasizes plastic wastes in the municipal solid waste stream , provides a technological review of the plastics industry,production and consumption statistics,definitions of major end use markets,and disposal paths for plastics.It examines management issues and environemental concerns on land-filling and incinerations,the two primary MSW disposal mehtods currently in use.Plastic litter and its impact are covered.Source reduction and recycling are considered ,and recommended actions for industry and other concerned groups are identified.Part 2 addresses issues related to plastics recycling in the industrial sector:manufacturing and post-consumer plastic waste projections,the estimated energy content of plastic wastes,the costs of available recycling processes,institutional changes that promote additional recycling,legislative and regulatory trends,the potential quantities of plastics that could be diverted from the municipal waste stream and recycled in the industrial sector,and the perspectives of current firms in the plastics recycling business.Several scenarios are presented which assume specific technical ,economic,institutional,and regulatory conditions.(From Encyclopedia of Environment and Pollution Control).
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