Disposal of cables at the "end of life"; some of the environmental considerations

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 21-30

  Hagström, Bengt ^a   Hampton, R Nigel ^b   Helmesjö, Beatrice ^b   Hjertberg, Thomas ^c  

^a IFP Research AB   (Sweden)

^b BOREALIS AB   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disposal of cables; End of life; Energy recovery; Environment; Material recovery; Metal separation; Polymer separation; PP; PVC; XLPE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND FILL; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYOLEFINS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

END OF LIFE; ENERGY RECOVERY; MATERIAL RECOVERY; METAL SEPARATION; POLYMER FRACTION; POLYMER SEPARATION;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33645821458     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2006.1618999     Document Type: Article

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