Carpet recycling technologies

Recycling in Textiles

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 58-70

  Wang, Y ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84903859738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845691424.1.58     Document Type: Chapter

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