Recycling of materials is rapidly developing discipline because of environmental awareness, need to conserve materials and energy, and growing demand to increase production economy. This book combines topics discussing the state of art, analysis of processes successfully implemented in industrial practice, ideas concerning production with recycling in mind, and the new research developments offering practical solutions for recycling industry and product manufacturers. The major emphasis is given to polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate, PVC, and rubber. Materials concerned include films, bottles, packing materials, paper, car batteries, plastics used in car interiors, tyres, etc.

Experiences of those involved in recycling in large companies, such as Agfa-Gevaert, Kodak, du Pont, BMW, and Metallgesellschaft, which have recycling installations in operation, are shared and generalized. Papers show that recycling is not only environmentally correct but also can be a source of income for producers of materials and final products, and also those who develop and implement service technologies.

A large part of the book is concerned with processing and recycling of post-customer wastes. Several important aspects are reviewed.

PET film recyclingW. De Winter

The importance and practicality of co-injected, recycled PET/virgin PET containersE. H. Neumann

Recycling of post-consumer greenhouse PE films: blends with polyamide-6F. P. La Mantia and D. Curto

Recycling of plastics from urban solid wastes: comparison between blends from virgin and recovered from waste polymersE. Gattiglia, A. Turturro, A. Serra, S. Delfino, and A. Tinnirello

Management of plastic wastes: a technical and economic approachO. Laguna Castellanos, E. Perez Collar, and J. Taranco Gonzalez

Blends of PE and plastics waste. Processing and characterizationF. P. La Mantia, C. Perrone, and E. Bellio

Techniques for selection and recycling of post-consumer plastic bottlesE. Sereni

Hydrolytic treatment of plastic waste containing paperC. Klason, J. Kubat, and H. R. Skov

Processing of mixed plastic wastesA. Vezzoli, C. A. Beretta, and M. Lamperti

The use of recyclable plastics in motor vehiclesM. E. Henstock and K. Seidl

Ground rubber tire-polymer compositesK. Oliphant, P. Rajalingam, and W. E. Baker

Quality assurance in plastic recycling by the example of polypropyleneK. Heil and R. Pfaff