The European plastic waste issue: Trends and toppers in its sustainable re-use

CHISA 2006 - 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dewil, Raf ^a   Everaert, Kim ^a   Baeyens, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legislation; Plastic waste; Re use; Thermal valorisation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND FILL; PLASTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PLASTIC WASTES; THERMAL VALORIZATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 34748832460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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