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Erratum to “A review of plastics waste recycling and the flotation of plastics”
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 27 (1999) 285–286 www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec
Erratum
Erratum to ‘‘A review of plastics waste recycling and the flotation of plastics’’ [Resources, Conservation and Recycling 25(1999) 85–109] Huiting Shen a, R.J. Pugh b,*, E. Forssberg c a
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, 410012, China b Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-11486 Stockholm, Sweden c Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Di6ision of Mineral Processing, Lulea˚ Uni6ersity of Technology, S-97187 Lulea˚, Sweden Accepted 28 April 1998
The Publisher regrets that the first author name Huiting Shen was misspelt in the original article. The corrected version is overleaf.
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PII of the original article: SO921-3449(98)00017-2 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +46 8 7909900; fax: +46 8 208998; e-mail: bob.pugh@surfchem. kth.se. 0921-3449/99/$ - see front matter © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 9 2 1 - 3 4 4 9 ( 9 9 ) 0 0 0 3 2 - 4
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 27 (1999) 286 www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec
Review
A review of plastics waste recycling and the flotation of plastics Huiting Shen a, R.J. Pugh b,*, E. Forssberg c a
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, 410012, China b Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-11486 Stockholm, Sweden c Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Di6ision of Mineral Processing, Lulea˚ Uni6ersity of Technology, S-97187 Lulea˚, Sweden Accepted 28 April 1998
Abstract This paper summarizes the importance of plastic waste recycling and plastic waste separation. Based on an analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of plastics and plastic waste, the potentials and limitations of several technological processes are discussed. In addition, a review of the surface chemical aspects of plastic flotation is presented. It can be concluded that the flotation of plastics is a fairly flexible technique and could prove to be a useful process for the separation of mixtures of several different types of plastics. However, more research and development effort is required before this technology can be introduced to industry. © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Flotation of plastics; Waste recycling; Waste separation
1. Introduction More and more plastics wastes are generated by industry and householders. Statistics shows that plastics waste in municipal solid waste (MSW) in the USA
* Corresponding author. Tel.: + 46 8 7909900; fax: + 46 8 208998; e-mail: [email protected] 0921-3449/99/$ - see front matter © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII S0921-3449(99)00032-4
Erratum
Erratum to ‘‘A review of plastics waste recycling and the flotation of plastics’’ [Resources, Conservation and Recycling 25(1999) 85–109] Huiting Shen a, R.J. Pugh b,*, E. Forssberg c a
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, 410012, China b Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-11486 Stockholm, Sweden c Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Di6ision of Mineral Processing, Lulea˚ Uni6ersity of Technology, S-97187 Lulea˚, Sweden Accepted 28 April 1998
The Publisher regrets that the first author name Huiting Shen was misspelt in the original article. The corrected version is overleaf.
.
PII of the original article: SO921-3449(98)00017-2 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +46 8 7909900; fax: +46 8 208998; e-mail: bob.pugh@surfchem. kth.se. 0921-3449/99/$ - see front matter © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 9 2 1 - 3 4 4 9 ( 9 9 ) 0 0 0 3 2 - 4
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 27 (1999) 286 www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec
Review
A review of plastics waste recycling and the flotation of plastics Huiting Shen a, R.J. Pugh b,*, E. Forssberg c a
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Changsha, 410012, China b Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-11486 Stockholm, Sweden c Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Di6ision of Mineral Processing, Lulea˚ Uni6ersity of Technology, S-97187 Lulea˚, Sweden Accepted 28 April 1998
Abstract This paper summarizes the importance of plastic waste recycling and plastic waste separation. Based on an analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of plastics and plastic waste, the potentials and limitations of several technological processes are discussed. In addition, a review of the surface chemical aspects of plastic flotation is presented. It can be concluded that the flotation of plastics is a fairly flexible technique and could prove to be a useful process for the separation of mixtures of several different types of plastics. However, more research and development effort is required before this technology can be introduced to industry. © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Flotation of plastics; Waste recycling; Waste separation
1. Introduction More and more plastics wastes are generated by industry and householders. Statistics shows that plastics waste in municipal solid waste (MSW) in the USA
* Corresponding author. Tel.: + 46 8 7909900; fax: + 46 8 208998; e-mail: [email protected] 0921-3449/99/$ - see front matter © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII S0921-3449(99)00032-4