Environmental Impacts of Waste Paper Recycling

著者名：Virtanen, Yrjo/Nilsson, Sten

Routledge（2013/07/04発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781853831607
• eISBN：9781134162499

Description

Public concern for the conservation of natural resources and a general awareness of the environmental consequences of waste disposal is reflected in current legislation aimed at reducing waste. Recycling is commonly cited as one of the preferred methods of waste reduction and this book summarizes a recent study of paper recycling in Europe, which investigated the entire production and disposal process using a life-cycle methodology. The results of the study underline the economic and environmental advantages of paper recycling, but more controversially, they also show how, under certain conditions, the renewable character and the high energy content of paper seem to make energy recovery more attractive than recycling.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Background, Objectives, and Methodology; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Problems of Paper Recycling in Western Europe; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Recycling Scenarios and Impacts Studied; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Paper-Recycling System; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Model Treatment of the Paper-Recycling System; Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Scenario Results; Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Wood Balances; Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Sensitivity Considerations; Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Policy Implications; Appendix A: Production Data for the Maximum Recycling Scenario (M) Appendix B: Energy Conversion Data for the Maximum Recycling Scenario (M); Appendix C: Transportation Process Data; References; Index;