Recycling trends in the plastics manufacturing and recycling companies in Malaysia

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1030-1035

  Wahab, D A ^a   Abidin, A ^b   Azhari, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Centre of Instructor and Advanced Skill Training   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

In house recycling; Plastic waste management; Plastics recycling; Recycling process

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; MANUFACTURE; PLASTICS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONICS SECTORS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PLASTIC WASTES; PLASTICS MANUFACTURING; PLASTICS RECYCLING; RECYCLING COMPANIES; RECYCLING PROCESS; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 34250759328     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1030.1035     Document Type: Article

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