TY - BOOK AU - Real,Luís Eduardo Pimentel ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Recycled Materials for Construction Applications: Plastic Products and Composites SN - 9783031148729 AV - TA401-492 U1 - 691 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Building materials KW - Sustainability KW - Chemical engineering KW - Biomaterials KW - Building Materials KW - Chemical Engineering N1 - Acceso multiusuario; Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Environmental aspects -- Chapter3: Plastic materials and additives -- Chapter4: Plastics market statistics -- Chapter5: Use of polymer materials in construction -- Chapter6: Recycling -- Chapter7: Economic and recycling statistical data -- Chapter8: Constraints to the application of recycled plastics -- Chapter9: Recycling of the main plastics used in construction -- Chapter10: Final remarks N2 - This book presents the state of the art on the topic of recycling of plastic building materials, comprising a synthetic market analysis, and presenting the latest developments in plastic recycling technologies. The book also makes recommendations to optimize the success of recycling and encourage the circular economy, while acknowledging the environmental and sustainability implications of plastic recycling for building construction. The distinctive features of this book are the variety of topics covered on sustainable plastic recycling, the discussion of advances in plastic recycling technology, detailed illustrations, and summarized descriptions of separation processes. This book is a guide for both technical and non-technical readers, and for anyone involved in plastic waste or recycling, including researchers and students in plastics engineering, polymer science, polymer chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable materials UR - http://libcon.rec.uabc.mx:2048/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14872-9 ER -