Overview: Polymers, main components of plastics and rubbers, are beingdiscarded in increasing quantities. But this waste can also beconsidered as `plastic gold‘. Public concern, coupled with theinherent value of the material, means that recycling is imperative.The present book presents a survey of current knowledge in the form ofcase studies, including current legal and educational issues. Topicscovered also include regulation and practice in NATO countries, theeconomics of recycling, the reprocessing of single polymers andmixtures, and future prospects and strategies. ..Audience:. Vital readi
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