Authoritatively discusses the multifaceted field of metal and materials recycling, reuse and reclamation in one compact volume, uniquely synthesizing industrial application alongside policy and economic implications

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Part I: Recycling in Context
• 1 Recycling A Key Factor for Resource Efficiency
• 2 Definitions and Terminology
• 3 Recycling in Context
• 4 Recycling Rare Metals
• 5 Theory and Tools of Physical Separation/Recycling
• Part II: Recycling - Application & Technology
• 6 Recycling of Steel
• 7 Copper Recycling
• 8 Lead Recycling
• 9 Zinc and Residue Recycling
• 10 Recycling of Rare Metals
• 11 Recycling of Lumber
• 12 Paper Recycling
• 13 Plastic Recycling
• 14 Glass Recycling
• 15 Textile Recycling
• 16 Cementitious Binders Incorporating Residues
• 17 Industrial By-products
• 18 Recovery of Metals from Different Secondary Resources (Waste)
• 19 Recycling of Carbon Fibers
• 20 Recycling of Construction and Demolition Wastes
• 21 Recycling of Packaging
• 22 Material-Centric (Aluminum and Copper) and Product-Centric (Cars, WEEE, TV, Lamps, Batteries, Catalysts) Recycling and DfR Rules
• 23 Separation of Large Municipal Solid Waste
• 24 Recovery of Construction and Demolition Wastes
• 25 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Management
• 26 Developments in Collection of Municipal Solid Waste
• Part III: Strategy and Policy
• 27 From Recycling to Eco-design
• 28 Recycling and Labeling
• 29 Informal Waste Recycling in Developing Countries
• 30 Squaring the Circular Economy: The Role of Recycling within a Hierarchy of Material Management Strategies
• 31 The Economics of Recycling
• 32 Geopolitics of Resources and Recycling
• 33 Recycling in Waste Management Policy
• 34 Voluntary and Negotiated Agreements
• 35 Economic Instruments
• 36 Information Instruments
• 37 Regulatory Instruments: Sustainable Materials Management, Recycling, and the Law
• Appendix 1: Physical Separation 101
• Appendix 2: Thermodynamics 101
• Appendix 3: Life-Cycle Assessment