TY - CHAP AU - Dimitris S. Achilias AU - Lefteris Andriotis AU - Ioannis A. Koutsidis AU - Dimitra A. Louka AU - Nikolaos P. Nianias AU - Panoraia Siafaka AU - Ioannis Tsagkalias AU - Georgia Tsintzou ED - Dimitris S. Achilias Y1 - 2012-03-16 PY - 2012 T1 - Recent Advances in the Chemical Recycling of Polymers (PP, PS, LDPE, HDPE, PVC, PC, Nylon, PMMA) N2 - The presently common practice of wastes' land-filling is undesirable due to legislation pressures, rising costs and the poor biodegradability of commonly used materials. Therefore, recycling seems to be the best solution. The purpose of this book is to present the state-of-the-art for the recycling methods of several materials, as well as to propose potential uses of the recycled products. It targets professionals, recycling companies, researchers, academics and graduate students in the fields of waste management and polymer recycling in addition to chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics. This book comprises 16 chapters covering areas such as, polymer recycling using chemical, thermo-chemical (pyrolysis) or mechanical methods, recycling of waste tires, pharmaceutical packaging and hardwood kraft pulp and potential uses of recycled wastes. BT - Material Recycling SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/33457 DO - 10.5772/33457 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-11 ER -