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Plastics waste management in Europe
Author(s) -
Mader Fred W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19920570104
Subject(s) - waste management , cleaner production , municipal solid waste , waste treatment , mobile incinerator , plastics industry , environmental science , automotive industry , waste recycling , waste collection , engineering , business , materials science , composite material , aerospace engineering
Environmental concern about waste problems and regulatory measures from the governments have increased during the last decade. Plastics waste management has become a major strategic issue for the European plastics industry. A statistical study provides data on plastics consumption, post‐users plastics waste arisings based on a life‐time analysis and plastics recovery in the year 1989. An end‐use sectorial split‐up into sectors like municipal solid waste, automotive waste, agricultural waste, construction, as well as large distribution waste, will serve as a base for an integrated plastics waste management concept including recycling of mono‐material and co‐mingled waste, chemical recycling, energy recovery and landfill. An overview gives examples for ongoing plastics recycling activities in Western Europe and an outlook to the year 2000 is presented.