Recycling Textile and Plastic Waste
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-85573-306-0 (ISBN)
Description
Edited papers from the 1995 conference Ecotextile - Wealth for Waste in Textiles, organised by Bolton Institute and the British Textile Technology Group.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85573-306-0 (9781855733060)
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A. Richard Horrocks
Recycling Textile and Plastic Waste
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01/1996
Woodhead Publishing
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Person
Dr Richard Horrocks is Research Professor in Textiles at the Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, The University of Bolton.
Content
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.