Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

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Edited papers from the 1995 conference Ecotextile - Wealth for Waste in Textiles, organised by Bolton Institute and the British Textile Technology Group.

Front Cover; Recycling Textile and Plastic Waste; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Section 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. RECYCLING AND RECOVERY STRATEGIES; Introduction; References; CHAPTER 2. MUNICIPAL WASTE -- TRASH OR TREASURE; An alternative to landfill; Scope for Waste Minimisation; Where does recycling fit into the well-being of the environment?; What is being done to encourage recycling?; Conclusions; Section 2: WASTE MINIMISATION; CHAPTER 3. TURNING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN INTO REAL PROFIT; Introduction; Waste Minimisation.

Can there be an ultimate stage of total waste eliminationCHAPTER 4. RECLAIMED FIBRES, THE SOURCE AND USAGE; Synthetic Materials; Wool/Synthetic Mixtures; The Reclamation Industry -- its Organisation and Markets; Finished Product -- Reclaimed Fibre End Product Usage; CHAPTER 5. Industrial Waste Water Minimisation and Treatment; Production of Nylon 6.6 Yarn; ""End-of-pipe"" Solutions; Targets and Water/Waste Management at Source; Environmental Systems and Auditing; Waste Water Minimisation in the Textile Industry; Planning for Continuous Improvement; CHAPTER 6. Fibre Industry and Waste Management.

IntroductionWaste from the Fibre Industry; Packaging and the Environment : An Explanatory Case; A Better Approach in the Fibre Industry; Energy Recovery; The Way Forward -- A Considered Approach to Waste Management; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 7. Recycling of Plastic Fibres and Packaging Waste; Introduction; The Erema Process & Concept; Erema Vented Process; Screenchangers; Other Processes; Advantages; Applications; Conclusions; CHAPTER 8. Key Lessons for Plastic Bottle Recycling; Introduction; Legislation; Production of Bottles for Recycling; Deposit of Bottles for Recycling.

Collection and SortingReprocessing; Marketing; Section 3: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; CHAPTER 9. Nonwovens from Recycled Waste; Introduction; Avoidance, Reduction and Recycling of Waste; Disposal and Recycling of Specific Textile and Nonwovens Products; Uses and Ranges of Application for Recycled Textile Fibres; Mechanical Reclaiming (shredding, unravelling); Regranulating/Use of Pure Waste; Description of a Fibre Production Line for the Textile and Nonwovens Industry; Summary; CHAPTER 10. Recycling Zeftron Carpets; Introduction; Closed Loop Recycling; The BASF Carpet Recycling Process; Summary.

CHAPTER 11. Cotton Waste ReclamationIntroduction; Questions; Waste separation; Waste reclamation; Economic aspects; CHAPTER 12. Recycling in the Far East -- A Study of cotton Weste; Introduction; The Start of a Business; Cotton Waste Recycling -- A Case Study; CHAPTER 13. The Production of High Tenacity Tapes from Waste Polypropylene; Introduction; Experimental; Results and Discussion; Summary; References; CHAPTER 14. The Role of Process Stabilisers in Recycling Polyolefins; Introduction; High Density Polyethylene; Repair concept; PP/EPDM Automobile bumpers as recyclates; Conclusions.

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