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5 books on Plastic Recycling [PDF]
Updated: May 03, 2024 | 25 |
Books on Plastic Recycling are essential references for startups dedicated to advancing plastic recycling technologies and reducing the environmental impact of plastic waste. These resources offer a comprehensive foundation, covering various aspects of plastic recycling processes, materials identification, and sustainable practices. They delve into advanced techniques such as mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, and circular economy principles, emphasizing the importance of diverting plastic waste from landfills, conserving resources, and minimizing plastic pollution. Moreover, these books often include practical examples, case studies, and best practices, allowing startups to navigate the complexities of plastic recycling projects and adapt these solutions to real-world applications.
1. Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions
2020 by Trevor M. Letcher
"Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions" commences by introducing various plastic materials, their diverse applications, and the fundamental principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle. It subsequently delves into the intricate world of plastics, exploring their types, chemical properties, and patterns of degradation, meticulously categorized into non-degradable plastics, degradable and biodegradable plastics, biopolymers, and bioplastics. The book also addresses pressing contemporary challenges surrounding plastic waste, elucidates the origins of this waste and the pathways it takes into the environment, and offers comprehensive coverage of methodologies for plastic waste management. These methods encompass mechanical processing, monomerization, the utilization of blast furnace feedstocks, gasification, thermal recycling, and conversion into valuable fuels. With its wealth of insights, this guide proves indispensable for individuals engaged in the realms of plastic waste and recycling, catering to researchers and advanced students in fields ranging from plastics engineering and polymer science to polymer chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable materials.
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2. Plastic Waste Markets: Overcoming barriers to better resource utilisation
2018 by David McKinnon, Ioannis Bakas
In this book, the examination primarily revolves around the recycled plastic market, with a particular emphasis on post-consumer plastic waste, acknowledged as the more complex segment. While the market for plastic waste originating from manufacturing and production displays strength and efficiency, enabling the recycling of a significant portion of such waste, the landscape for post-consumer waste is notably heterogeneous. It stems from diverse sources, comprises a wide array of plastics, and poses challenges in terms of collection, sorting, and recycling. This project endeavors to pinpoint the obstacles hindering the enhanced utilization of recycled plastics and conducts an analysis of a range of policy tools that have the potential to bolster and expand this market.
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3. Plastics Fabrication and Recycling
2016 by Manas Chanda, Salil K. Roy
Derived from the fourth edition of the renowned Plastics Technology Handbook, "Plastics Fabrication and Recycling" offers an in-depth exploration of plastics molding and fabrication procedures, alongside an extensive examination of vital aspects related to plastics recycling. The book initiates with an analysis of diverse molds and dies, encompassing techniques such as compression molding, injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, reaction injection molding, extrusion, and pultrusion. It subsequently delves into processes like spinning, casting, reinforcing, foaming, compounding, coating, powder molding, adhesive bonding, and plastics welding. The authors also scrutinize the embellishment of plastics, covering operations like painting, various printing methods, hot stamping, in-mold decorating, embossing, electroplating, and vacuum metallizing. The book culminates with a comprehensive overview of critical facets within plastics recycling, shedding light on industry developments and addressing the challenges posed by waste recycling.
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4. Future solutions for Nordic plastic recycling
2015 by Anna Fråne, Åsa Stenmarck, Stefán Gíslason, Søren Løkke, Malin zu Castell Rüdenhausen, Hanne L Raadal, Margareta Wahlström
"Future Solutions for Nordic Plastic Recycling" presents a range of recommendations for enhancing the collection and recycling of plastic waste generated in households and other municipal solid waste (MSW) sources across the Nordic region. These proposed solutions center on improving the accessibility of collection systems, shifting the focus from packaging to a broader range of plastic materials, implementing adaptable sorting and recycling systems, and laying the groundwork for a transparent and efficient market for recycled plastics that can effectively absorb the collected material. The report underscores the importance of increased cooperation among Nordic countries, both in terms of knowledge exchange and practical collaboration, to strengthen plastic collection and recycling efforts in the region. This report is part of the broader initiative "The Nordic Region – Leading in Green Growth" driven by the Nordic Prime Ministers and further details can be found in the web magazine "Green Growth the Nordic Way" at www.nordicway.org or at www.norden.org/greengrowth.
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5. Introduction to Plastics Recycling
2007 by Vannessa Goodship
In this updated edition, "Introduction to Plastics Recycling" offers clear and concise insights into plastic materials and technology, emphasizing recycling options, particularly within the realm of mechanical recycling. This new edition reflects the significant progress made in enhancing global recycling rates in recent years, with a specific focus on the UK's infrastructure development to support plastic recycling and the notable achievements in garnering widespread public participation in recycling initiatives, including at the household level. The book delves into current concerns related to council recycling of plastic bottles and the supermarket practice of distributing free plastic carrier bags. Furthermore, it delves into the evolving landscape of biopolymers, which are poised to impact plastic markets significantly, expanding on the discourse surrounding biodegradability versus recycling. The broader context of life cycle analysis and legislative aspects is also explored in this comprehensive second edition.
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1. Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions
2020 by Trevor M. Letcher
"Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions" commences by introducing various plastic materials, their diverse applications, and the fundamental principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle. It subsequently delves into the intricate world of plastics, exploring their types, chemical properties, and patterns of degradation, meticulously categorized into non-degradable plastics, degradable and biodegradable plastics, biopolymers, and bioplastics. The book also addresses pressing contemporary challenges surrounding plastic waste, elucidates the origins of this waste and the pathways it takes into the environment, and offers comprehensive coverage of methodologies for plastic waste management. These methods encompass mechanical processing, monomerization, the utilization of blast furnace feedstocks, gasification, thermal recycling, and conversion into valuable fuels. With its wealth of insights, this guide proves indispensable for individuals engaged in the realms of plastic waste and recycling, catering to researchers and advanced students in fields ranging from plastics engineering and polymer science to polymer chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable materials.
Download PDF
2. Plastic Waste Markets: Overcoming barriers to better resource utilisation
2018 by David McKinnon, Ioannis Bakas
In this book, the examination primarily revolves around the recycled plastic market, with a particular emphasis on post-consumer plastic waste, acknowledged as the more complex segment. While the market for plastic waste originating from manufacturing and production displays strength and efficiency, enabling the recycling of a significant portion of such waste, the landscape for post-consumer waste is notably heterogeneous. It stems from diverse sources, comprises a wide array of plastics, and poses challenges in terms of collection, sorting, and recycling. This project endeavors to pinpoint the obstacles hindering the enhanced utilization of recycled plastics and conducts an analysis of a range of policy tools that have the potential to bolster and expand this market.
Download PDF
3. Plastics Fabrication and Recycling
2016 by Manas Chanda, Salil K. Roy
Derived from the fourth edition of the renowned Plastics Technology Handbook, "Plastics Fabrication and Recycling" offers an in-depth exploration of plastics molding and fabrication procedures, alongside an extensive examination of vital aspects related to plastics recycling. The book initiates with an analysis of diverse molds and dies, encompassing techniques such as compression molding, injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, reaction injection molding, extrusion, and pultrusion. It subsequently delves into processes like spinning, casting, reinforcing, foaming, compounding, coating, powder molding, adhesive bonding, and plastics welding. The authors also scrutinize the embellishment of plastics, covering operations like painting, various printing methods, hot stamping, in-mold decorating, embossing, electroplating, and vacuum metallizing. The book culminates with a comprehensive overview of critical facets within plastics recycling, shedding light on industry developments and addressing the challenges posed by waste recycling.
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4. Future solutions for Nordic plastic recycling
2015 by Anna Fråne, Åsa Stenmarck, Stefán Gíslason, Søren Løkke, Malin zu Castell Rüdenhausen, Hanne L Raadal, Margareta Wahlström
"Future Solutions for Nordic Plastic Recycling" presents a range of recommendations for enhancing the collection and recycling of plastic waste generated in households and other municipal solid waste (MSW) sources across the Nordic region. These proposed solutions center on improving the accessibility of collection systems, shifting the focus from packaging to a broader range of plastic materials, implementing adaptable sorting and recycling systems, and laying the groundwork for a transparent and efficient market for recycled plastics that can effectively absorb the collected material. The report underscores the importance of increased cooperation among Nordic countries, both in terms of knowledge exchange and practical collaboration, to strengthen plastic collection and recycling efforts in the region. This report is part of the broader initiative "The Nordic Region – Leading in Green Growth" driven by the Nordic Prime Ministers and further details can be found in the web magazine "Green Growth the Nordic Way" at www.nordicway.org or at www.norden.org/greengrowth.
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5. Introduction to Plastics Recycling
2007 by Vannessa Goodship
In this updated edition, "Introduction to Plastics Recycling" offers clear and concise insights into plastic materials and technology, emphasizing recycling options, particularly within the realm of mechanical recycling. This new edition reflects the significant progress made in enhancing global recycling rates in recent years, with a specific focus on the UK's infrastructure development to support plastic recycling and the notable achievements in garnering widespread public participation in recycling initiatives, including at the household level. The book delves into current concerns related to council recycling of plastic bottles and the supermarket practice of distributing free plastic carrier bags. Furthermore, it delves into the evolving landscape of biopolymers, which are poised to impact plastic markets significantly, expanding on the discourse surrounding biodegradability versus recycling. The broader context of life cycle analysis and legislative aspects is also explored in this comprehensive second edition.
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