Carpet Fiber Recycling Technologies

Ecotextiles: The Way Forward for Sustainable Development in Textiles

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 26-32

  Wang, Youjiang ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; TEXTILES;

CARPET FIBERS; COMMERCIAL NETWORKS; INTEGRAL PART; POLLUTION PREVENTION; TEXTILE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; TEXTILE PRODUCTS; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WASTE RECYCLING;

RECYCLING;

EID: 84902746078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845693039.1.26     Document Type: Chapter

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