Recovery of polypropylene and polyethylene from packaging plastic wastes without contamination of chlorinated plastic films by the combination process of wet gravity separation and ozonation

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1848-1851

  Reddy, Mallampati Srinivasa ^a   Okuda, Tetsuji ^a   Nakai, Satoshi ^a   Nishijima, Wataru ^a   Okada, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINATION PROCESS; GRAVITY SEPARATION; HIGH PURITY; OZONATION PROCESS; PE FILMS; PLASTIC PACKAGING; PLASTIC WASTES; RECYCLING PLANT; VINYL CHLORIDES; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RECYCLING; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

FILM; PLASTIC WASTE; RECOVERY; SEPARATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HYDROPHILICITY; OZONATION; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WET GRAVITY SEPARATION;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; OZONE; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENES; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RECYCLING; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958271148     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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