Current recycling regulations and technologies for the typical plastic components of end-of-life passenger vehicles: A meaningful lesson for China

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-200

  Zhang, Hongshen ^a   Chen, Ming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

End of life passenger vehicles; Plastic components; Prospects; Recycling rules and regulations; Recycling technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897581364     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-013-0180-3     Document Type: Review

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