Progress in used tyres management in the European Union: A review

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1742-1751

  Sienkiewicz, Maciej ^a   Kucinska Lipka, Justyna ^a   Janik, Helena ^a   Balas, Adolf ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Recycling tyres; Rubber recyclates; Used tyres management; Waste tyres

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL REAGENTS; CROSSLINKED STRUCTURES; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEGAL REGULATION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITIONS; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER WASTES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RECYCLATES; RUBBER WASTES; USED TYRES;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CROSSLINKING; FOSSIL FUELS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RECYCLING; RUBBER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

TIRES;

FOSSIL FUEL; POLYMER; REAGENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; POLYMER; RECYCLING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TIRE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RUBBER INDUSTRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE; RECYCLING; RUBBER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866147146     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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