Why Recycle?

Proceedings of the Recycling Council annual seminar, Birmingham, UK, 17 February 1994

A.K.M. Rainbow

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040893302
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

A compilation of views of many international experts on the need for recycling. Contents: Biology of compost processes; Composting of food processing wastes; Cost effective recycling of domestic refuse by modified landfilling; Cost of recycling; Waste minimisation & waste auditing by companies; Closed loop recycling; Scrap rubber problem.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction by Lord Ezra of Horsham, MBE
• Developments in the biology of compost processes
• Market demand for MSW and sludge derived composts
• Composting of food processing wastes
• Cost effective recycling of domestic refuse by modified landfilling
• The opportunity costs of recycling ideology (crawling out of the sink)
• The cost of recycling
• The catalyst for cost-effective recycling: Effective removal/recycling of putrescibles at source by the Green Cone integrated with alternating weekly collection of dry recyclables and residual waste
• Waste minimisation and waste auditing by companies
• Sustainable waste management – Possibility or pipe-dream?
• Recycling of trade waste in Wye
• Closed loop recycling – A Californian example
• Optimising office wastepaper collection schemes to produce high quality fibre
• Industrial lubricating oil – The environmental challenge
• Recycling lead from batteries
• Recycle, reclaim, reuse of tyres
• Plastics recycling
• The scrap rubber problem
• Challenges and opportunities in steel can recycling
• Beneficial re-use of used paper products
• Bleak Recycling Prospects for the UK
• Water recycling in manufacturing industries and water pollution control
• The future is integrated waste management
• Integrated waste management strategies and environmental management systems Case study Farnborough College, Hampshire, Uk
• Materials recycling and energy recovery – Partners not competitors
• Information for waste management – The Waste Management Information Bureau and its sources
• Alternative aggregates supply sources: The case for using recycled mineral and construction wastes
• A critical appraisal of recycling the UK roads
• Recycling of colliery minestones into useful engineering materials
• Classification of mineral wastes from mining and preparation of coal
• The main trends of utilization of coal mining wastes
• Foundry sand recycling with the Clean Sand Cycle
• The Modem Alchemy™ process for recycling metals from chemical by-products
• Vertical floatation melting furnace
• Recycling of domestic refuse
• A recycling opportunity for waste contractors
• Rural Mini Recycling Centres
• Author Index