Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions

Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions begins with an introduction to the different types of plastic  materials, their uses, and the concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle  before examining plastic types, chemistry and degradation patterns that  are organized by non-degradable plastic, degradable and biodegradable  plastics, biopolymers and bioplastics. Other sections cover current  challenges relating to plastic waste, explain the sources of waste and  their routes into the environment, and provide systematic coverage of  plastic waste treatment methods, including mechanical processing,  monomerization, blast furnace feedstocks, gasification, thermal  recycling, and conversion to fuel. 

This is an  essential guide for anyone involved in plastic waste or recycling,  including researchers and advanced students across plastics engineering,  polymer science, polymer chemistry, environmental science, and  sustainable materials. 

• Presents  actionable solutions for reducing plastic waste, with a focus on the  concepts of collection, re-use, recycling and replacement
• Considers  major societal and environmental issues, providing the reader with a  broader understanding and supporting effective implementation
• Includes detailed case studies from across the globe, offering unique insights into different solutions and approaches