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Main Title Incentives for Recycling and Reuse of Plastics.
Author Milgro, Jack ;
CORP Author Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Year Published 1972
Report Number PHS-CPE-R-70-0048; 41c-72;
Stock Number PB-214 045
Additional Subjects ( Plastics ; Waste disposal) ; ( Materials recovery ; Plastics) ; Utilization ; Plastics industry ; Resources ; Circulation ; Reclamation ; Plastics processing ; Scrap ; Economic analysis ; Strategy ; Legislation ; Government policies ; Taxes ; Cost analysis ; Supply(Economics) ; Containers ; Plastic recycling ; Waste recycling ; Solid waste disposal ; Decondary materials industry ; Polymer additives
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NTIS  PB-214 045 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 316p
Abstract
There were two aspects to this study: To develop a descriptive model of the plastics cycle; and, To develop complete strategies for promoting the recycling and reuse of plastics. The study is reported in five parts. Part I contains a discussion of the technology of plastics, which provides the basis for understanding the technical problems of recycling. Part II describes the economics of the plastics industry needed to develop and assess the strategies for recycling plastics and discusses the market for both virgin and secondary materials. Part III describes in detail the entire plastics cycle as they are manufactured, starting from petrochemicals until they become a plastic end product in the hands of the consumer. Part IV provides an analysis of the existing state of the art of methods for isolating plastics from the solid waste stream and of applications for the scrap material. In Part V the strategies for promoting the recycling and reuse of plastics are developed and described in detail.