A life cycle assessment of the closed-loop recycling and thermal recovery of post-consumer PET

Waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles collected by source-segregation recycling schemes can be treated by mechanical and chemical means to remove any contaminants. The cleaned PET can then be melted and formed into pellets with the same physical properties as virgin PET. Full-scale trials h...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Resources, conservation and recycling conservation and recycling, 2010-10, Vol.54 (12), p.1241-1249
Hauptverfasser:	Chilton, Tom, Burnley, Stephen, Nesaratnam, Suresh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences Emissions control Exact sciences and technology Global environmental pollution Life cycle assessment Life cycle engineering PET Pollutants Pollution Polyethylene terephthalates Recovering Recycling Reduction Thermal recovery Wastes
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