Mixed Plastics Recycling Technology

This book presents an overview of mixed plastics recycling technology. In addition, it characterizes mixed plastics wastes, and describes collection methods, costs and markets for reprocessed plastics products Annotation Based on reports done for the State of Illinois, identifies the composition of plastics in municipal solid waste and in recycling programs, the post-consumer plastics contributions to recycling programs, the cost of plastics collection, and some of the end uses for reprocessed post-consumer plastics. Also provides an overview of the technologies for separating and processing mixed plastic wastes. Reproduced from the original reports. No index, but the table of contents is quite detailed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or