Polymers: The Environment and Sustainable Development - Softcover

Azapagic, Adisa; Emsley, Alan; Hamerton, Ian

 
9780471877417: Polymers: The Environment and Sustainable Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0471877417 ISBN 13: 9780471877417
Publisher: Wiley, 2003

Synopsis

* Timely information on the environmental impact of polymer recycling.
* Ample sample questions and answers in chapters.
* Provides material on the economics and legislation of recycling, and on LCA.
* Examines the advantages and disadvantages of polymer recycling.

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About the Author

Adisa Azapagic is Professor of Sustainable Engineering. Her research interests and expertise include life cycle modeling and optimization, life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, sustainability indicators, multiple criteria decision analysis and corporate social responsibility. Azapagic is the author of over 130 publications in these areas, including a book on Polymers, the Environment and Sustainable Development also published by Wiley. She is also interested in sustainability education and is a member of the European Federation of Chemical engineering (EFCE) Working Party on Education. She is a UNESCO/TWAIS/ICSU Visiting Scientist at the Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City.

From the Back Cover

An accessible treatment of this crucial area of environmental chemistry, Polymers, the Environment and Sustainable Development employs an interdisciplinary approach to tackle the problem of polymeric materials' inherent durability and subsequent persistence in the environment. In a format ideally suited as a study-aid, yet also a comprehensive and current reference tool, the book covers such areas as:
* Waste management issues

* Environmental impact

* Waste streams

* LCA

* Recycling techniques

* Socio-economic implications

* Future directions
Each chapter provides a complete coverage of the main themes with directed further reading and revision exercises with sample questions and answers to consolidate the main issues addressed.

Essential reading for both advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of the vast arena of environmental and polymer sciences.

From the Inside Flap

An accessible treatment of this crucial area of environmental chemistry, Polymers, the Environment and Sustainable Development employs an interdisciplinary approach to tackle the problem of polymeric materials' inherent durability and subsequent persistence in the environment. In a format ideally suited as a study-aid, yet also a comprehensive and current reference tool, the book covers such areas as:
* Waste management issues

* Environmental impact

* Waste streams

* LCA

* Recycling techniques

* Socio-economic implications

* Future directions
Each chapter provides a complete coverage of the main themes with directed further reading and revision exercises with sample questions and answers to consolidate the main issues addressed.

Essential reading for both advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of the vast arena of environmental and polymer sciences.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471877417
ISBN 13 
9780471877417
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240

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