Environmental Implications of Recycling and Recycled Products

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Role of Reverse Logistics in Recycling of Wood Products

   • Michael Burnard, Črtomir Tavzes, Aleksandar Tošić, Andrej Brodnik, Andreja Kutnar

   Pages 1-30

3. Recycling Potential of Building Materials: A Review

   • Himanshu Nautiyal, Venu Shree, Sourabh Khurana, Niraj Kumar, Varun

   Pages 31-50

4. Recycling of Wastes into Construction Materials

   • Jaime Solís-Guzmán, Carlos Leiva, Alejandro Martínez-Rocamora, Luis F. Vilches, Desirée Alba-Rodríguez, Celia García Arenas et al.

   Pages 51-78

5. Enhancing Crop Residues Recycling in the Philippine Landscape

   • Teodoro C. Mendoza

   Pages 79-100

6. Dilemmas of Development and the Reconstruction of Fashion

   • Karen Shah

   Pages 101-134

7. Chitosan Derivatives as Effective Agents in Recycling of Textile Dyes from Waste Waters

   • Shahid-ul-Islam, Faqeer Mohammad

   Pages 135-148

8. Polyester Recycling—Technologies, Characterisation, and Applications

   • Thilak Vadicherla, D. Saravanan, Subramanian Senthil Kannan Muthu

   Pages 149-165

9. Recycled Fibrous and Nonfibrous Biomass for Value-Added Textile and Nontextile Applications

   • Kartick K. Samanta, S. Basak, S. K. Chattopadhyay

   Pages 167-212

10. Recycling and Reuse of Textile Effluent Sludge

    • T. Karthik, R. Rathinamoorthy

    Pages 213-258

11. Recycled Paper from Wastes: Calculation of Ecological Footprint of an Energy-Intensive Industrial Unit in Orissa, India

    • Debrupa Chakraborty

    Pages 259-282

This book includes details on the environmental implications of recycling, modeling of recycling, processing of recycled materials, recycling potential of materials, characterisation of recycled materials, reverse logistics, case studies of recycling various materials etc.

• Environmental Management
• Environmental implications of Recycling
• Life Cycle Assessment of Recycling
• Processing of Recycled Materials
• Recycled Products
• Recycling
• Reverse Logistics in Recycling
• Sustainable Development

• Sustainability Consultant, Global Sustainability Services, SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled,” Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags” He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 books of chapter and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines. 

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