The 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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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1975.
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Table of Contents:
- 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 Steelmakîng; 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.
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