Central sorting and recovery of MSW recyclable materials: A review of technological state-of-the-art, cases, practice and implications for materials recycling

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-199

  Cimpan, Ciprian ^a   Maul, Anja ^b   Jansen, Michael ^b   Pretz, Thomas ^b   Wenzel, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central sorting; Material recovery efficiency; Materials recovery facilities; Packaging waste sorting; Single stream collection

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECONOMICS; SOURCE SEPARATION;

CENTRAL SORTING; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MATERIAL RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES; PACKAGING WASTE; PACKAGING WASTE SORTING; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RECYCLABLE MATERIAL; SINGLE-STREAM COLLECTION; WASTE SORTING;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

AUTOMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PROCEDURES; TECHNOLOGY;

EUROPE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; EUROPE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84926173961     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.025     Document Type: Review

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