Recycling textile and plastic waste

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Recycling textile and plastic waste

edited by A Richard Horrocks

Woodhead, 1996

  • : pbk

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Description

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

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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