Screen LibraryThe recycling and disposal of solid waste : proceedings of a course organised by the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Nottingham, 1st-5th April 1974 /
The Recycling and Disposal of Solid Waste contains the proceedings of a course held at The University of Nottingham on April 1-5, 1974. This book contains 16 papers separated as chapters. Topics include economic potential of waste recycling; bulk reduction by incineration, hydrolysis and pyrolysis;...
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Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 1975. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080196855 |
| Summary: |
The Recycling and Disposal of Solid Waste contains the proceedings of a course held at The University of Nottingham on April 1-5, 1974. This book contains 16 papers separated as chapters. Topics include economic potential of waste recycling; bulk reduction by incineration, hydrolysis and pyrolysis; organic wastes; glass recycling; legal aspects of solid waste disposal; the sorting of solid waste into useful fractions; and ferrous metals recycling. This text also describes the tipping and sanitary landfill; textiles recycling; polymers recycling; new materials created from waste; and toxic and. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (i, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781483138657 1483138658 |
| Index Number: | TD794 |
| CLC: | X705 |
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Front Cover; The Recycling and Disposal of Solid Waste; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF RECYCLING; Definition of Waste; Availability of Resources; The position of scrap metal in the UK economy; Glass; Polymers; Direct Recycling; Indirect Recycling; Rubber; Paper; Selected Bibliography; AcknowIedgements; CHAPTER 2. BULK REDUCTION BY INCINERATION, HYDROLYSIS AND PYROLYSIS; Waste Paper Recycling; CHAPTER 3. ORGANIC WASTES; Throughput of UK Organic Waste Generating Indusfries; Some Products and Yields from Wastes; The Carbon Cycle; Small Scale Starch Hydrolysis for Syrups and/or ProteinContinuous Flow Fermentor; Substrates and Products of Candida Utilis; CHAPTER 4. GLASS CONTAINERS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER 5. LEGAL ASPECTS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL; Obligations of Local Authorities; Civil Liability Arising from Deposit of Waste; Waste on Land; CHAPTER 6. THE SEPARATION OF SOLID WASTE INTO USEFUL FRACTIONS; Domestic Refuse; Treatment of Raw Refuse; Separation Methods; Operating Costs; Treatment of Incinerator Residues; Some specific Recycling Problems; References; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 7. THE USE OF FERROUS SCRAP IN STEELMAKING IntroductionTypes of Ferrous Scrap Available for Recycling; Circulating Scrap; Process Scrap; Capital Scrap; The Relationship between Steelmaking Capacity and Scrap Consumption; Changes in Scrap Consumption and the Balance between Electric Arc and Basic Oxygen Steelmaking; The Influence of Scrap Characteristics on Scrap Consumption; Physical Characteristics; Chemical Characteristics; Future Demand for Scrap; Increased Use in Steelmaki ng; Increased Use in Cast Iron Manufacture; Reconstitution Processes; Conclusion; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. CONTROLLED TIPPING AND SANITARY LANDFILL Controlled TippingThe Site; Spread; Consolidation; Covering; Flies; Rats; Wet Tipping; Labour and Accommodation; References; CHAPTER 9. CONTROLLED TIPPING; Ministry of Health Suggested Precautions; CHAPTER 10. TEXTILE RECYCLING; Costs and Prices; Statistics; Active Carbon from Textile Wastes; Active Carbon; Sources; Manufacture; Desirable Properties; Historical; The Problem; CHAPTER 11. PLASTICS WASTE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING; Definitions; The Plastics Waste Situation; Disposal of Plastics Waste; Thermal Recycling; Waste Treatment Processes; Pre-Segregation; Re-use of Segregated Materials Thermal Recycling of Segregated WasteEnergy Balance; Summary and Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 12. NEW MATERIALS CREATED FROM WASTE; Historical; The Principles of Recycling Metals and other Materials; Adaption to Change; Technological Changes; Metals; Plastics; Rubbers; Oil; Glass; Fly Ash; China Clay and Paper Mill Effluent; Sewage and Refuse; List of References; CHAPTER 13. A REGIONAL APPROACH TO WASTE RECYCLING; Other Metals; Conclusion; CHAPTER 14. PLATING AND ECM SLUDGES AS RAW MATERIALS; Electroplating; Source of Waste; Water Requirement in Plating Present Methods -- with the objective of dumping |