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Understanding plastics recycling : economic, ecological, and technical aspects of plastic waste handling /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rudolph, Natalie S. (Autor), Kiesel, Raphael (Autor), Aumanate, Chuanchom (Autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Munich : Cincinnati : Hanser Publishers ; Hanser Publications, [2017]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.All About the Waste
  • 1.1.Municipal Solid Waste
  • A Daily Companion
  • 1.2.Management Methods for Municipal Solid Waste
  • 1.2.1.Landfilling
  • 1.2.2.Incineration with Energy Recovery (Waste-to-Energy)
  • 1.2.3.Recycling
  • 2.Plastics
  • Increasing Value, Decreasing Lifetime
  • 3.Plastics Recycling
  • Conservation of Valuable Resources
  • 3.1.Plastics Recycling Methods
  • 3.1.1.Mechanical Recycling
  • 3.1.2.Chemical Recycling
  • 3.2.Recycling Different Types of Plastic Waste
  • 3.2.1.Preconsumer Waste
  • 3.2.1.1.Manufacturing Scrap
  • 3.2.1.2.Dilution Effect
  • 3.2.2.Postconsumer Waste
  • 3.2.2.1.Packaging Plastic Waste
  • 3.2.2.2.Building and Construction Plastic Waste
  • 3.2.2.3.Automotive Plastic Waste
  • 3.2.2.4.Agricultural Plastic Waste
  • 3.2.2.5.Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
  • 3.3.Sorting Processes for Plastic Waste
  • 3.3.1.Manual Sorting
  • 3.3.2.Automated Sorting
  • 3.3.2.1.Float-and-Sink Sorting
  • Note continued: 3.3.2.2.Froth-Flotation Sorting
  • 3.3.2.3.Near-Infrared Sorting
  • 3.3.2.4.X-Ray Fluorescence
  • 3.3.2.5.Laser-Aided Identification
  • 3.3.2.6.Marker Systems
  • 3.4.Plastic Degradation Mechanisms
  • 3.4.1.Mechanical Degradation
  • 3.4.2.Thermal Degradation
  • 3.4.3.Thermal Oxidative Degradation
  • 3.4.4.Effect of Degradation on Processing and Service-Life Properties
  • 3.5.Contaminants
  • 3.6.Conclusion: Technical Feasibility of Plastics Recycling
  • 4.Economic Analysis of Plastic Waste Handling
  • 4.1.Fundamentals of Economic Analysis
  • 4.1.1.Economic Efficiency Calculation
  • 4.1.2.Static Economic Efficiency Calculation
  • 4.1.3.Profit Comparison Method
  • 4.2.Economic Analysis of Landfilling
  • 4.3.Economic Analysis of Incineration with Energy Recovery (Waste-to-Energy Facilities)
  • 4.4.Economic Analysis of Plastics Recycling
  • 4.4.1.Materials Recovery Facility Costs
  • 4.4.2.Plastic Reprocessing Costs
  • Note continued: 4.4.3.Revenues from Selling Recycled Plastic
  • 4.4.4.Profitability
  • 4.4.5.Oil Price as a Factor in Profitability of Plastics Recycling
  • 4.5.Conclusion: Economical Feasibility of Plastics Recycling
  • 5.Environmental Analysis of Plastic Waste Handling
  • 5.1.Environmental Analysis of Landfilling
  • 5.2.Environmental Analysis of Incineration with Energy Recovery (Waste-to-Energy Facilities)
  • 5.3.Environmental Analysis of Recycling
  • 5.4.Conclusion: Environmental Necessity of Plastics Recycling
  • 6.Optimization of Plastics Recycling
  • 6.1.Optimization I: Reduction of Sorting Processes
  • 6.2.Optimization II: Upcycling of Plastic Waste by Blending
  • 6.2.1.Additional Costs of LDPE-PP Recycling
  • 6.2.2.Additional Revenues of LDPE-PP Recycling
  • 6.2.3.Total Profit of Optimization II
  • 6.3.Optimization III: Increasing the Recycling Rate
  • 7.Plastic Waste of the World: Increasing Potential of Recycling
  • 7.1.Plastic Waste Handling in Europe
  • Note continued: 7.2.Plastic Waste Handling in China
  • 7.3.Plastic Waste in the Future
  • 8.Appendix
  • 8.1.Economic Analysis of Landfilling
  • 8.2.Economic Analysis of WTE
  • 8.3.Economic Analysis of Recycling
  • 8.4.Optimization I: Reduction of Sorting Processes
  • 8.5.Optimization II: Upcycling of Plastic Waste by Blending.