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TEN YEAR REVIEW OF PLASTICS RECYCLING
Citation:
Howell, S. TEN YEAR REVIEW OF PLASTICS RECYCLING. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-92/085 (NTIS PB92153402).
Description:
A short history of the practice of plastics recycling as practiced in the United States and Europe for the past ten years indicates that much progress has been made in educating the public sector about the environmental damage done by indiscriminating disposal of plastic items. ecent legislation has made the collection of some discarded plastic items more efficient, and has provided econOmic incentives to recover and reuse waste plastics. he methods of collection, separation, cleaning, and fabrication of plastic wastes into useful and saleable items are discussed. lso discussed will be examples of products made from recycled plastic.