Recycling Textile and Plastic Waste

ISBN-13: 9781855733060 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 192 str.

A. Richard Horrocks

Opis

Edited papers from the 1995 conference Ecotextile - Wealth for Waste in d104iles, organised by Bolton Institute and the British d104ile Technology Group.

Spis treści

Part 1 Introduction: Recycling and recovery strategies; Municipal waste. Part 2 Waste minimisation: Turning environmental concern into real profit; Reclaimed fibres, the sources and usage; Industrial waste water minimisation and treatment; The fibre industry and waste management; Recycling of plastic fibres and packaging waste; Key lessons for plastic recycling. Part 3 Science and technology: Nonwovens from recycled waste; Recycling Zeftron carpets; Cotton waste reclamation; Recycling in the Far East; The production of high tenacity tapes from waste polypropylene; The role of process stabilisers in recycling polyolefins; Recycling carbon Fibre-PEEK composites. Part 4 Environmental issues: The eco movement; Waste: The politics and philosophies; Dyestuffs: The myths explored and problems solved; Environmental husbandry.