Dimitris S., Achilias D.S. (ed.). Material Recycling - Trends and Perspectives

InTech, 2012. – 406 p.The presently common practice of wastes' land-filling is undesirable due to legislation pressures, rising costs and the poor biodegradability of commonly used materials. Therefore, recycling seems to be the best solution.
The purpose of this book is to present the state-of-the-art for the recycling methods of several materials, as well as to propose potential uses of the recycled products. It targets professionals, recycling companies, researchers, academics and graduate students in the fields of waste management and polymer recycling in addition to chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics. This book comprises 16 chapters covering areas such as, polymer recycling using chemical, thermo-chemical (pyrolysis) or mechanical methods, recycling of waste tires, pharmaceutical packaging and hardwood kraft pulp and potential uses of recycled wastes.Recent Advances in the Chemical Recycling of Polymers (PP, PS, LDPE, HDPE, PVC, PC, Nylon, PMMA) by Dimitris S. Achilias, Lefteris Andriotis, Ioannis A. Koutsidis, Dimitra A. Louka, Nikolaos P. Nianias, Panoraia Siafaka, Ioannis Tsagkalias and Georgia Tsintzou
Recent Developments in the Chemical Recycling of PET by Leian Bartolome, Muhammad Imran, Bong Gyoo Cho, Waheed A. Al-Masry and Do Hyun Kim
Overview on Mechanical Recycling by Chain Extension of POSTC-PET Bottles by Doina Dimonie, Radu Socoteanu, Simona Pop, Irina Fierascu, Radu Fierascu, Celina Petrea, Catalin Zaharia and Marius Petrache
Poly(bisphenol A carbonate) Recycling: High Pressure Hydrolysis Can Be a Convenient Way by Giulia Bozzano, Mario Dente and Renato Del Rosso
PVB Sheet Recycling and Degradation by Michael Tupý, Dagmar Měřínská and Věra Kašpárková
Materials and Methods for the Chemical Catalytic Cracking of Plastic Waste by Luis Noreña, Julia Aguilar, Violeta Mugica, Mirella Gutiérrez and Miguel Torres
Pyrolysis of Waste Polystyrene and High-Density Polyethylene by Kyong-Hwan Lee
Recycling of Scrap Tires by Ahmet Turer
Waste Tire Pyrolysis Recycling with Steaming: Heat-Mass Balances & Engineering Solutions for By-Products Quality by Uladzimir Kalitko
Study on the Feasibility of Hazardous Waste Recycling: The Case of Pharmaceutical Packaging by Vincenzo Gente and Floriana La Marca
Recycling of the Hardwood Kraft Pulp by Jarmila Geffertová and Anton Geffert
Reuse of Waste Shells as a SO2/NOx Removal Sorbent by Jong-Hyeon Jung, Jae-Jeong Lee, Gang-Woo Lee, Kyung-Seun Yoo and Byung-Hyun Shon
Carbon Steel Slag as Cementitious Material for Self-Consolidating Concrete by Yu-Chu Peng
Possible Uses of Steelmaking Slag in Agriculture: An Overview by Teresa Annunziata Branca and Valentina Colla
From PET Waste to Novel Polyurethanes by Gity Mir Mohamad Sadeghi and Mahsa Sayaf
Valorization of Organic Wastes by Composting Process and Soil Amendment by Hafedh Rigane and Khaled Medhioub