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Improving markets for recycled plastics : trends, prospects and policy responses.
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ISBN: 9264301011 9264301003 Year: 2018 Publisher: Paris : OECD,

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Plastics have become one of the most prolific materials on the planet: in 2015 we produced about 380 million tonnes of plastics globally, up from 2 million tonnes in the 1950s. Yet today only 15% of this plastic waste is collected and recycled into secondary plastics globally each year. This report looks at why this is the case and what we can do about it, as the pervasiveness of plastics is becoming an urgent public health and planetary problem. Not only is the diffusion of waste plastics into the wider environment creating hugely negative impacts, but plastics production emits approximately 400 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually as a result of the energy used in their production, transport, and final waste treatment. Improved plastics collection and recycling represents a promising solution to these concerns.


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Environmental footprints of recycled products
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ISBN: 9811684251 981168426X Year: 2022 Publisher: Singapore : Springer,

Third international symposium recycling of metals and engineered materials, Alabama, November 12-15, 1995
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ISBN: 087339318X 9780873393188 Year: 1995 Publisher: Warrendale, PA : TMS (Minerals - Metals - Materials),

Improving recycling markets.
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ISBN: 1281747246 9786611747244 9264029583 9264029575 9789264029576 Year: 2006 Publisher: Paris : OECD,

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Markets for many classes of potentially recyclable materials are growing. However, market failures and barriers are constraining some markets. Factors such as information failures, technological externalities, and market power can affect the prices, quantity, and quality of materials traded. This report presents the case for the use of 'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers and these policies are seen as complements to more traditional environmental policies. Indeed, encouraging ever-higher recycling rates in the absence of such complementary measures may impose very high social welfare costs. This publication covers in particular the markets for waste oils, waste plastics, and used rubber tyres.


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Sustainable resource recovery and zero waste approaches
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ISBN: 0444642838 0444642005 9780444642837 9780444642004 Year: 2019 Publisher: St. Louis

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Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches covers waste reduction, biological, thermal and recycling methods of waste recovery, and their conversion into a variety of products. In addition, the social, economic and environmental aspects are also explored, making this a useful textbook for environmental courses and a reference book for both universities and companies.


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Nanomaterials recycling
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ISBN: 0323909833 9780323909839 9780323909822 0323909825 Year: 2022 Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier,

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"Nanomaterial Recycling provides an update on the many benefits nanomaterials can provide on both environmental and economic issues. Sections cover the appropriate recycling strategies of nanowastes, nanowaste regulations (including nanowaste disposal and recycling standards), promising applications (reuses) of these recycled nanomaterials, and various methods used for the separation of nanoparticles, including (i) centrifugation, (ii)solvent evaporation, (iii) magnetic separation, (iv) using pH/thermal responsive materials, (v) molecular antisolvents, (vi) nanostructured colloidal solvents, and more. This book is an important reference source for materials scientists and engineers who are seeking to increase their understanding of nanomaterials, recycling processes and techniques."--


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Disassembly Automation : Automated Systems with Cognitive Abilities
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ISBN: 9783319151830 3319151827 9783319151823 3319151835 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book presents a number of aspects to be considered in the development of disassembly automation, including the mechanical system, vision system and intelligent planner. The implementation of cognitive robotics increases the flexibility and degree of autonomy of the disassembly system. Disassembly, as a step in the treatment of end-of-life products, can allow the recovery of embodied value left within disposed products, as well as the appropriate separation of potentially-hazardous components. In the end-of-life treatment industry, disassembly has largely been limited to manual labor, which is expensive in developed countries. Automation is one possible solution for economic feasibility. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts in the field, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.

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Engineering. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Sustainable Development. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Machinery. --- Sustainable development. --- Ingénierie --- Machines --- Développement durable --- Recycled products. --- Recycling industry -- Automation. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Recycling industry --- Automation. --- Recycled commercial products --- Recycled consumer goods --- Recycled goods --- Recycled manufactures --- Secondary materials (Recycled products) --- Management. --- Industrial management. --- Robotics. --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Commercial products --- Green products --- Pollution control industry --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Manufacturing industries --- Environmental aspects --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Automation --- Machine theory


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Designing for the circular economy
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ISBN: 9781138081017 9781315113067 Year: 2019 Publisher: London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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The circular economy describes a world in which reuse through repair, reconditioning and refurbishment is the prevailing social and economic model. The business opportunities are huge but developing product and service offerings and achieving competitive advantage means rethinking your business model from early creativity and design processes, through marketing and communication to pricing and supply. Designing for the Circular Economy highlights and explores ‘state of the art’ research and industrial practice, highlighting CE as a source of: new business opportunities; radical business change; disruptive innovation; social change; and new consumer attitudes. The thirty-four chapters provide a comprehensive overview of issues related to product circularity from policy through to design and development. Chapters are designed to be easy to digest and include numerous examples. An important feature of the book is the case studies section that covers a diverse range of topics related to CE, business models and design and development in sectors ranging from construction to retail, clothing, technology and manufacturing.Designing for the Circular Economy will inform and educate any companies seeking to move their business models towards these emerging models of sustainability; organizations already working in the circular economy can benchmark their current activities and draw inspiration from new applications and an understanding of the changing social and political context. This book will appeal to both academia and business with an interest in CE issues related to products, innovation and new business models.


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Waste management and the circular economy in selected OECD countries : evidence from environmental performance reviews.
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ISBN: 9264840583 9264309381 9789264309395 926430939X Year: 2019 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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"This report provides a cross-country review of waste, materials management and circular economy policies in selected OECD countries, drawing on OECD's Environmental Performance Reviews during the period 2010-17. It presents the main achievements in the countries reviewed, along with common trends and policy challenges, and provides insights into the effectiveness and efficiency of waste, materials management and circular economy policy frameworks. As the selected reviews were published over a seven-year period, information for some countries may be more recent than for others. Nevertheless, the policy recommendations emerging from the reviews may provide useful lessons for other OECD countries and partner economies."--Page 4 of cover.


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Wasted : when trash becomes treasure
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ISBN: 9493039382 9789493039384 Year: 2020 Publisher: Brussels : Ludion,

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We live in the age of the Anthropocene; human activity is the dominant force affecting the climate and man-made and organic materials are becoming irreversibly intertwined. As natural resources dwindle, designers are exploring the potential of increasingly plentiful waste streams to become the raw materials of the future. Wasted. When trash becomes treasure celebrates 30 optimistic and enterprising designers, makers and manufacturers who use waste as their primary resource, offering a rare glimpse into the embryonic world they inhabit. Accompanying these profiles, five in-depth and thematic essays will explore the societal, cultural and environmental implications of their work. Nous vivons à l'ère de l'Anthropocène ; l'activité humaine est la force dominante qui affecte le climat et les matériaux organiques et artificiels s'entremêlent de façon irréversible. Alors que les ressources naturelles diminuent, les créateurs explorent le potentiel des stocks de déchets de plus en plus abondants pour devenir les matières premières de demain. "Le gaspillage : quand les déchets deviennent un trésor" met en lumière 30 designers, fabricants et entrepreneurs optimistes et entreprenants qui utilisent les déchets comme ressource primaire, offrant un rare aperçu du monde embryonnaire dans lequel ils opèrent. En complément de ces portraits, cinq essais approfondis et thématiques exploreront les implications sociétales, culturelles et environnementales de leur travail.

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