External links related to this module
- Recoup
Recoup: importance of plastic recycling to environment, the local authority, the economy and plastic businesses.
- DEFRA
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Some saistics about waste and recyling.
- Lofti Net
Lots of general recycling information.
- Lifecycle of Plastic
Lifecycle of plastics.
- Plastic Redesign
Site explaining how to design plastics so they can be easily recycled.
- DoITPoMS
his teaching and learning package will investigate the production and recycling processes of some commonly used polymers. It will show how the energy for recycling and combustion of polymers compares to the energy for plastic production from virgin materials. The different products that can be produced from different recycled polymers will be discussed.
