A novel separation process for recycling of post-consumer products

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-38

  Lee, Michael James ^a   Rahimifard, Shahin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Footwear material recycling; Recycling; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY; MATERIAL RECYCLING; NOVEL SEPARATION PROCESS; PARTICLE TERMINAL VELOCITY; POST-CONSUMER; PRODUCT RECYCLING; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION PROCESS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

AIR; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; RECYCLING; RUBBER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84861624992     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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