Foreword |
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1.1 Municipal Solid Waste-A Daily Companion |
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1.2 Management Methods for Municipal Solid Waste |
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1.2.2 Incineration with Energy Recovery (Waste-to-Energy) |
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2 Plastics--Increasing Value, Decreasing Lifetime |
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3 Plastics Recycling--Conservation of Valuable Resources |
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3.1 Plastics Recycling Methods |
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3.1.1 Mechanical Recycling |
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3.2 Recycling Different Types of Plastic Waste |
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3.2.1.1 Manufacturing Scrap |
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3.2.2.1 Packaging Plastic Waste |
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3.2.2.2 Building and Construction Plastic Waste |
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3.2.2.3 Automotive Plastic Waste |
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3.2.2.4 Agricultural Plastic Waste |
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3.2.2.5 Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) |
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3.3 Sorting Processes for Plastic Waste |
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3.3.2.1 Float-and-Sink Sorting |
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3.3.2.2 Froth-Flotation Sorting |
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3.3.2.3 Near-Infrared Sorting |
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3.3.2.4 Laser-Aided Identification |
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3.3.2.5 X-Ray Fluorescence |
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3.4 Plastic Degradation Mechanisms |
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3.4.1 Mechanical Degradation |
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3.4.2 Thermal Degradation |
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3.4.3 Thermal Oxidative Degradation |
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3.4.4 Effect of Degradation on Processing and Service-Life Properties |
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3.4.4.1 Unfilled Plastics |
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3.4.4.2 Fiber-Reinforced Plastics |
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3.6 Conclusion: Technical Feasibility of Plastics Recycling |
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4 Economic Analysis of Plastic Waste Handling |
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4.1 Fundamentals of Economic Analysis |
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4.1.1 Economic Efficiency Calculation |
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4.1.2 Static Economic Efficiency Calculation |
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4.1.3 Profit Comparison Method |
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4.2 Economic Analysis of Landfilling |
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4.3 Economic Analysis of Incineration with Energy Recovery (Waste-to-Energy Facilities) |
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4.4 Economic Analysis of Plastics Recycling |
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4.4.1 Materials Recovery Facility Costs |
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4.4.2 Plastic Reprocessing Costs |
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4.4.3 Revenues from Selling Recycled Plastic |
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4.4.5 Influence of Oil Price on Profitability of Plastics Recycling |
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4.5 Influence of China's Import Ban on Profitability of Plastics Recycling |
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4.6 Conclusion: Economical Feasibility of Plastics Recycling |
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5 Environmental Analysis of Plastic Waste Handling |
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5.1 Environmental Analysis of Landfilling |
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5.2 Environmental Analysis of Incineration with Energy Recovery (Waste-to-Energy Facilities) |
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5.3 Environmental Analysis of Recycling |
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5.4 Conclusion: Environmental Necessity of Plastics Recycling |
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6 Optimization of Plastics Recycling |
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6.1 Optimization I: Reduction of Sorting Processes |
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6.2 Optimization II: Upcycling of Plastic Waste by Blending PP andLDPE |
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6.2.1 Additional Costs of LDPE-PP Recycling |
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6.2.2 Additional Revenues of LDPE-PP Recycling |
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6.2.3 Total Profit of Optimization II |
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6.3 Optimization III: Increasing the Recycling Rate |
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7 Plastic Waste around the World: Increasing Potential of Recycling |
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7.1 Plastic Waste Handling in Europe |
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7.2 Plastic Waste Handling in China |
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106 | (6) |
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7.3 Plastic Waste in the Future |
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8.1 Economic Analysis of Landfilling |
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8.2 Economic Analysis of WTE |
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121 | (2) |
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8.3 Economic Analysis of Recycling |
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8.4 Optimization I: Reduction of Sorting Processes |
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128 | (2) |
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8.5 Optimization II: Upcycling of Plastic Waste by Blending |
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Index |
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