Table of Contents

1 Structures and Properties of Polymers Commonly Recycled Polymers; 2 Fundamentals of Degradation and Stabilisation of Polymers; 3 Additives; 4 Methods of Pre-Treatment; 5 Properties-Reprocessing Behaviour of Recycled Plastics; 6 Virgin-Recycled Homopolymer Blends; 7 Upgrading of Recycled Plastics; 8 Plastics Recycling Machinery; 9 Applications for Recycled Plastics; 10 Chemical Recycling; 11 Energy Recovery from Plastic Materials

About the Author

Francesco La Mantia graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1972 and is now Professor of Properties and Processing of Polymers at the University of Palermo. At present he is co-ordinator of the PhD course on Chemical Technology and Advanced Materials. Franco is the author of about 200 papers on rheology and processing of polymers, polymer blends and liquid crystal polymer based blends and on polymer recycling. He is also the author of two books on polymer recycling.