Challenges and alternatives to plastics recycling in the automotive sector

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5883-5902

  Miller, Lindsay ^a   Soulliere, Katie ^a   Sawyer Beaulieu, Susan ^a   Tseng, Simon ^a   Tam, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile; Ecodesign; End of life vehicles; Energy recovery; Environmental impact; Light weighting; Plastics recycling; Renewable plastics; Shredder residue; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BOTTLES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ECODESIGN; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; ENERGY RECOVERY; LIGHT-WEIGHTING; PLASTICS RECYCLING; SHREDDER RESIDUES;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 84938753513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7085883     Document Type: Review

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