Handbook of Recycling, Second Edition, Winner of the International Solid Waste Association's 2014 Publication Award, is an authoritative review of the current state of recycling, reuse and reclamation processes commonly implemented today and how they interact with one another. Fully updated to cover recent developments in the field, this second edition has also been restructured to cover General Aspects of Recycling, Applications, Technology, Recovery and Collection, Economics, Governance and Policy. Several new chapters on global recycled material flows, sludges, reinforced plastics, and landfill mining have been added. It concludes with a review of the policy and economic implications, including the impact of recycling on energy use, sustainable development, and the environment.This book is a crucial aid to students and researchers in a range of disciplines, from materials and environmental science to public policy studies.

Chapters authored by key experts from academia, industry, and the policymaking community
Provides a thorough analysis from theory to practice to deeply understand the fundamentals, dynamics, complex interactions, opportunities, and challenges of recycling, within the larger picture of a circular system
Describes the state of the art and lessons learned, to understand future challenges in recycling of a wide variety of products, materials, and waste flows
Introduces the tools and practices to understand the opportunities and limitations of recycling in the context of a circular economy

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Recycling by Christina Meskers,Ernst Worrell,Markus A. Reuter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Tecnología e ingeniería & Ciencias de los materiales. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Elsevier

Year

2023

ISBN

9780323860130

Edition

Topic

Tecnología e ingeniería

Subtopic

Ciencias de los materiales

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
About the editors
Part 1: Recycling in context
Part 2: Recycling from a product perspective
Part 3: Recycling from a material perspective
Part 4: Recycling and the circular economy
Part 5: Recycling fundamentals
Index